BACOLOD CITY – A woman was arrested and her live-in partner escaped a buy-bust operation where 76 grams of suspected shabu worth P516,000 were seized in Purok Neptune, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Friday, January 5.

A WOMAN was arrested and her live-in partner managed to flee a buy-bust operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City on Friday, January 5. (Photo courtesy of PDEG SOU)
Police identified the suspect as Lizel Flores, 40, of Barangay Singcang-Airport.
The subject of the operation, her live-in partner Romeo Val Pagaduan, fled after sensing the presence of police in the area, Police Capt. Melvin Mercado, head of Police Station 8, said.
The operation led by the Police Drug Enforcement Group Special Operations Unit (PDEG SOU)-Western Visayas was conducted after they received information about the couple’s alleged illegal activities in the area.
Mercado said they are checking the background of the suspects if they have previous cases.
Drug charges are being readied against the suspects.