By Nanette Guadalquiver
BACOLOD CITY – Anti-drug operatives of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) arrested three individuals in two successive buy-busts Thursday and Friday that yielded PHP11.9 million in shabu.
“These successful operations underscore BCPO’s unwavering commitment to intensifying its anti-illegal drug campaign and ensuring a safer, more secure, and drug-free Bacolod City,” BCPO Director Col. Eugene Rebadomia said in a statement.
The first operation took place past 11:40 p.m. Thursday in Barangay Singcang-Airport while the next was around 1 a.m. Friday in Barangay 12.
Alias “Ernesto,” 44, a resident of Purok Cereza South, Barangay 3, was arrested by personnel of Police Station 1 and City Drug Enforcement Unit after he sold PHP70,000 worth of shabu to an undercover police personnel in Friday’s operation near Bredco Port at the Reclamation Area here.
They seized from his possession six knot-tied plastic bags of shabu weighing 1,200 grams with an estimated value of PHP8.16 million.
“Information received from a confidential informant indicated that the suspect was allegedly engaged in the illegal drug trade in Barangays 3, 12, and 35 in Bacolod City,” the police report said.
Before midnight on Thursday, operatives of Police Station 8 apprehended alias “Joaquin” and alias “Mark,” residents of Purok Camonsil, Barangay 3, inside a room at Jade Court 2 motel in Barangay Singcang-Airport.
One of the suspects sold PHP50,000 worth of shabu to a police poseur-buyer.
Both suspects, who are construction workers, yielded six knot-tied 550 grams of shabu worth PHP3.74 million.
According to the police report, validated intelligence information showed the suspects were actively engaged in the sale of illegal drugs in Barangay Singcang-Airport and the nearby barangays.
In its report, the BCPO said all arrested suspects will face charges for violation of Article 2, Section 5 (sale of dangerous drugs) and Section 11 (possession of dangerous drugs) of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (PNA)
