Five individuals were arrested after suspected shabu worth P1.49 million was seized from them in a buy-bust operation in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, the police reported.
Helen Garaygay, 38, who was the subject of the operation, was arrested together with Aljohn Jimenez, 32, Honey Escorial, 31, Mat Francisco, 41, of Kabankalan, and Jeffrey Majan, 44, of Himamaylan City.
Recovered from them were 220 grams of suspected shabu estimated to cost P1,496,000, the police said.
Improvised drug paraphernalia and cash were also confiscated from them, the police added.
The suspects will face charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.*