‘Shakira’ yields P27.8-million shabu in Lapu-Lapu drug bust


CEBU CITY – Close to P30 million of suspected shabu was seized from a 26-year-old man in a buy-bust operation in Lapu-Lapu City on Wednesday morning.

Police identified the suspect as Roldan Canillo Rosales alias “Shakira”.

‘SHAKIRA’ SHACKLED. Drug suspect Roldan Canillo Rosales alias “Shakira” moments after he was nabbed along Transcentral Highway in Barangay Babag 2, Lapu-Lapu. (Photo courtesy of Lapu City Police Office/MANILA BULLETIN)

Rosales, a resident of Barangay Sudlon 1, Cebu City, was cornered by operatives of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office’s Intelligence Unit and Drug Enforcement Unit past 10 a.m. along Transcentral Highway in Barangay Babag 2, Lapu-Lapu.

Police said Rosales was “listed as regional top 10 priority.”

Police among the items seized from the man was a black pack containing five packs of suspected shabu.

The illegal drugs weighing 4,100 grams were estimated to cost P27.8 million.