A high-value drug suspect was arrested in a buy-bust operation that yielded P394,400 worth of suspected shabu in Brgy. Taculing, Bacolod City, early Monday morning, Sept. 8.
Arrested was “Kim,” 38, unemployed, and a resident of Purok Progreso, Brgy. Taculing, the Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) reported.
Operatives of the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) of the Bacolod City Police Office conducted the operation at around 3:35 a.m. following information from concerned citizens and previous persons arrested linking the suspect to an illegal drug source.
Recovered from his possession were one sachet of suspected shabu used as a buy-bust item, seven other sachets, a knot-tied plastic pack, and P1,000 marked money.
The seized drugs weighed about 58 grams.
The suspect was informed of his rights and the seized evidence was inventoried on-site using body-worn cameras.
The drugs were turned over to the Negros Occidental Provincial Forensic Unit for examination.
The police said the arrest is part of PRO-NIR’s intensified campaign against illegal drugs, which aims to dismantle networks and safeguard communities across Negros Island.*