• THERESA MAE DULMAN
A senior citizen was arrested with over P454,000 worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Barangay 6, Bacolod City, Oct. 25.
Alias “Rodel”, 64, was collared with around 66.77 grams of suspected shabu, packed in five heat-sealed sachets and one knot-tied plastic bag, along with the P1,000 buy-bust money and two coin purses, at about 11:10 a.m. Sunday.
Operatives of the PNP Drug Enforcement Group Special Operations Unit, alongside the Bacolod City Police Station 2 and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Special Enforcement Team Negros Island Region, arrested the suspect, who is now in police custody and facing drug charges.
The seized items were submitted to the provincial forensic unit for laboratory testing, the police said. | TMD
