P108,800 in ‘shabu’ seized in NegOcc

The 11 grams of suspected shabu worth P74,800 seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Lantad, Silay City, Negros Occidental Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office)

By Glazyl Y. Masculino

BACOLOD City – Two persons were arrested in separate buy-bust operations in two cities in Negros Occidental while P108,800 worth of suspected shabu were seized this week.

In Silay City, Juncel Zamora, 25, was apprehended in Barangay Lantad last Wednesday following the confiscation of 11 grams of suspected shabu worth P74,800, and the P2,100 marked money.

According to the police, Zamora is an alleged top 3 watchlisted drug personality in the city.

Last Monday, Ramon Tedoso Jr., 45, of Barangay 20, Victorias City, was also arrested in the said village.

Tedoso allegedly yielded five grams of suspected shabu worth P34,000, the P551 marked money, a tooter, a pair of scissors, and a lighter.