A barangay kagawad and her companion were arrested in a drug bust operation at Alijis-Taculing Road, Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City, on Tuesday, November 8.
Nabbed were Barangay Alijis Kagawad Abby Araneta, 28, and Freely Aldas, 39, of Barangay Mansilingan.
Both were tagged by the police as high-value individuals.
They were caught selling suspected shabu to a police poseur buyer in exchange for marked money.
Confiscated from Araneta were 14 sachets of suspected shabu, the P5,000 buy-bust money, a cellphone, a sling bag, and P700 in cash believed to be cash proceeds.
The recovered drugs have an estimated weight of 201 grams with a standard drug price of P1,366,800.
The arrested persons are now locked up at Police Station 7 and will face drug charges.*