Two persons were arrested and about 20 grams of suspected shabu worth P136,000 were seized during a buy-bust operation in Silay City, Negros Occidental, Tuesday night, Oct. 13.
Police identified the suspects only as aliases “Niel,” 34, married, unemployed, and a resident of Barangay 1; and “Rica,” 33, married, an entrepreneur, and a resident of Brgy. Rizal.
The operation was conducted by the Silay City Police Station Drug Enforcement Team at about 7:46 p.m. along Antonio Luna Street in Brgy. 1.
Police said the suspects allegedly handed a sachet of suspected shabu to a poseur-buyer in exchange for buy-bust money.
Operatives recovered six heat-sealed sachets containing suspected shabu, including the buy-bust item, with an estimated total weight of 20 grams.
The seized substance had a standard drug price of P136,000, police said.
Authorities also recovered P3,600 in buy-bust money, consisting of one genuine P100 bill and P3,500 in boodle money, as well as a coin purse.
The suspected illegal drugs will be submitted to the Negros Occidental Provincial Forensic Unit for laboratory examination.
The suspects and the non-drug evidence remain in the custody of the Silay City Police Station for proper disposition.
Police said appropriate charges for alleged violations of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, will be filed against the suspects.*
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