Police arrested a 30-year-old man and seized an estimated P272,000 worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Brgy. Suba, Calatrava, Negros Occidental, Thursday night, Jan. 29.
The suspect, identified as alias “Gene,” is married, unemployed, and a resident of Brgy. Lo-ok, Calatrava.
The Calatrava police said the operation was conducted around 10:29 p.m. at Purok Amihan 2.
Police said the suspect was arrested after he allegedly sold one heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing suspected shabu to a poseur-buyer in exchange for marked money.
Authorities recovered 40 grams of suspected shabu during the operation0.
The confiscated drug items were brought to the Negros Occidental Provincial Forensic Unit for laboratory examination as inquest proceedings are being prepared.*
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