Three persons, including minors, nabbed in drug busts

By: Glazyl Y. Masculino

BACOLOD City – Three persons, including two minors were arrested in two separate buy-bust operations here that led to the recovery of P215,000 worth of suspected shabu.

Police Station 3 at Barangay Cabug conducted the first operation Thursday night which resulted in the arrest of two minors.

Police recovered from the suspects nine sachets of suspected shabu, a sachet of suspected marijuana, the P500 marked money, and drug paraphernalia.

The recovered illegal drugs weighing 16 grams was valued at more or less P200,000.

The two minors were brought to Police Station 3.

Police are still investigating the minors’ source of illegal drugs.

The following day, John Mark Banquiran, 22, of Barangay Singcang-Airport was arrested at the same village.

Banquiran allegedly yielded six sachets of suspected shabu worth P15,000, and the P200 marked money.

He is detained at Police Station 8.