BACOLOD City - A dispatcher was arrested while his younger brother escaped a buy-bust operation at Purok Neptune, Barangay Singcang-Airport here on Saturday, Oct. 1.
Arrested was Christopher Cañete, 40, while his younger brother Carlo Jake Cañete, 35, is at large. Both are residents of Barangay Singcang-Airport.
Maj. Joery Puerto, head of Police Station 8, said the siblings have been under the drugs watch list of the barangay and police station for a few weeks following information about their alleged engagement in the illegal drug trade.
Puerto said the elder Cañete allegedly transacted with a police agent, while the younger Cañete jumped into a river near their house during the operation.
Police recovered eight grams of shabu worth P54,400, and the P500 marked money.
In 2018, the elder Cañete was arrested for a drug offense, and was released through plea bargaining three years later.