Two Negrenses were sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday, May 5, for the sale of shabu to police poseur-buyers.
Judge Raymond Joseph Javier of Bacolod Regional Trial Court Branch 52 in separate decisions found Joel Landazabal Alma and John Paul Eduato Alisbo guilty beyond reasonable doubt for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Alma was sentenced to two life imprisonments for the sale and possession of shabu and ordered to pay fines totaling P900,000.
Alma was arrested for selling .212 gram of shabu for P1,000 to a policeman at Purok Fuentebella, Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City, on Aug. 18, 2021.
On his arrest 17. 537 grams of shabu was recovered from his possession, the court said.
Alisbo was sentenced to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P500,000 for the sale of .025 gram of shabu to a policeman at Purok Pag-asa, Barangay Estefania, Bacolod, on April 13, 2022.
On his arrest .095 gram of shabu was seized from his possession for which he was separately sentenced by Javier to 12 years and eight months as minimum to 17 years and eight months as maximum imprisonment, and ordered to pay a fine of P300,000.
The judge ordered the immediate transfer of the two to the National Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City.
He also ordered the turnover of the confiscated drugs to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency 6 for destruction.*