Three suspects, including a Bacoleña, were arrested and shabu worth about P108,800 was seized in a buy-bust operation at the NOCECO Village in Brgy. 1, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, on Thursday, July 25.
Arrested were Marissa Yrezabal, 41, the subject of the operation, of Brgy. 2, Bacolod City, and Jestoni Boluntate, 24, from Brgy. Kamansi and Joefrey Dolor, 54, of Brgy. 1 in Kabankalan City.
The three suspects were tagged by the police as street-level drug personalities.
The police recovered suspected shabu weighing 16 grams, an improvised plastic scoop with traces of shabu, paper bills, and an improvised glass tube.
The suspects are now in police custody while the recovered drug evidence was brought to the Police Provincial Forensic Unit for examination.*