The Bacolod police arrested two “high value individuals” and seized 1,250 grams of suspected shabu worth P8,500,000 in Prk. Bolinao, Brgy. 1, Bacolod City, 4:10 a.m. Thursday, October 13.
Arrested were Alvin Fabon Cristales, alias Bin, 27, of Purok Bolinao and Regina Gurdiel Escosio, 44, of Prk. Lison all in Brgy. 1, Bacolod City.
The drugs were believed to be intended for sale during the ongoing MassKara Festival in Bacolod, PLt. Joven Mogato, Bacolod police City Drug Enforcement Unit head, said.
The two were caught by the CDEU in the act of selling shabu to a police poseur buyer, Mogato said, adding that they had also been previously detained for drugs.
Among the items confiscated from them were seven knot-tied transparent plastic bags and 23 sachets containing suspected shabu, three P1,000 marked bills used in the buy-bus operation and a sling bag.
They are detained and will be charged for Violation of RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
PCol. Thomas Joseph Martir, Bacolod police director, lauded the operating personnel for their relentless drive against illegal drugs in the city.*