By Nanette Guadalquiver

BUSTED. Operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office City Drug Enforcement Unit arrest alias “Renz”, 25, in Purok Kamunsil, Barangay 3, Sunday night (July 5, 2026). The suspect yielded 2,075 grams of shabu with an estimated value of PHP14.11 million. (Photos courtesy of Bacolod City Police Office)

BACOLOD CITY – A drug runner was arrested in a sting operation that yielded PHP14.11 million in shabu at Purok Kamunsil, Barangay 3 here Sunday night, the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) said in a report on Monday.

Alias “Renz”, 25, a resident of Purok Bolinao, Barangay 1, sold PHP6,000 worth of shabu during a meet-up with a poseur-buyer from the City Drug Enforcement Unit.

After he was caught, operatives seized from his possession 21 knot-tied transparent plastic bags containing 2,075 grams priced at PHP6,800 per gram.

“He has been actively engaged in illegal drug activities in Barangays 1, 4, 35 and other adjacent barangays in Bacolod City,” the police report said.

It said alias “Renz” became a drug runner earlier this year after his wife gave birth to their third child.

His source contacts him through mobile phone and instructs him to deliver the illegal drug supply to his “downline” in various locations around the city, the police report added.

The suspect, who is under the custody of Police Station 2, will be charged for violation of Article 2, Section 5 (sale of dangerous drugs) and Section 11 (possession of dangerous drugs) of Republic Act 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

“The BCPO reaffirms its commitment to intensifying anti-illegal drug operations and urges the public to continue supporting law enforcement by reporting illegal drug activities in their communities,” it said in a statement.

The successful Sunday night operation came after BCPO drug enforcement teams arrested three individuals in two buy-busts that led to the recovery of PHP11.9 million in shabu last week.

On July 3, alias “Ernesto,” 44, yielded six knot-tied plastic bags of shabu weighing 1,200 grams with an estimated value of PHP8.16 million near Bredco Port at the Reclamation Area in Barangay 12.

Construction workers alias “Joaquin” and “Mark” were found in possession of 550 grams of shabu worth PHP3.74 million during the operation inside a motel room in Barangay Singcang-Airport on July 2. (PNA)