BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized 60 grams of suspected shabu worth P410,000 from a drug pusher in Purok Masinadyahon, Barangay 12 here on Friday, August 11.

SIXTY grams of suspected shabu worth P410,000 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 12, Bacolod City on Friday, August 11. (Photo courtesy of Llanee Zil Menardo)
Police identified the suspect as Mark Jayvee Diarota, 31, of Barangay 12.
Police Capt. Paul Vincent Pendon, head of Police Station 2, said they monitored the suspect for a few weeks after receiving information that he was peddling shabu in the barangay.
Diarota is a high-value individual, according to Pendon.
He was nabbed after a suspected member of a drug sydicate was arrested with 115 grams of suspected shabu worth P14.3 million in Barangay Vista Alegre here on August 10.
The BCPO also seized 22 grams of suspected shabu worth P149,600 from a young woman in Barangay Vista Alegre on August 8.