Police arrested a 46-year-old man and seized about 35 grams of suspected shabu worth P238,000 during a buy-bust operation in Brgy. Vista Alegre, Bacolod City, on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 10.
The Bacolod City Police Office identified the suspect only as alias “Rigor,” unemployed and a resident of Progreso Village 1 in the barangay.
Personnel of Police Station 7 conducted the operation at around 2:32 p.m.
Police recovered 17 sachets of suspected shabu, including the buy-bust item, with an estimated total weight of 35 grams.
The confiscated substance had a standard drug price of P238,000, police said.
Also recovered were a P500 bill used as buy-bust money, P300 in cash and a green box.
The suspect and the seized items were brought into police custody for documentation and proper disposition.
Police said charges for alleged violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, will be filed against the suspect.
BCPO said the operation forms part of its continuing campaign against illegal drugs in Bacolod City.*
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