Police arrested a 38-year-old man and seized suspected shabu worth P346,800 during a buy-bust operation in Purok Kapehan, Brgy. Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Monday afternoon, Feb. 9
The suspect was identified only as alias “Baka,” single, a laborer, and a resident of the area.
Police said the operation was conducted at around 3:10 p.m. by the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office, in coordination with the Regional Intelligence Unit–Negros Island Region.
Authorities said the suspect was arrested after he allegedly sold a heat-sealed plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu to a police poseur-buyer in exchange for marked money.
Police said around 51 grams of suspected shabu were confiscated during the operation.
The seized drugs were forwarded to the PNP Regional Forensic Unit in Bacolod City for laboratory examination.
The suspect is detained at the Don Salvador Benedicto Police Station.*
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