BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested two drug pushers and seized about two kilos of suspected shabu worth P13.7 million in a buy-bust operation in Hacienda Santa Ana, Barangay Palampas, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, August 30.
Police identified the suspects as John Valentin Remegio, 34, of La Paz, Iloilo City; and Crismark Blancaflor, 27, of Bingawan, Iloilo, tagged as high-value individuals.
Police Major Ryan Villasario, deputy chief of the San Carlos City Police Station, said the suspects were placed under monitoring for two months after they received information that they were are engaged in big illegal drugs transactions in Iloilo and Negros.
Villasario said they are probing how the illegal drugs, sealed in a brown envelope and wrapped in plastic, was able to enter the province.
Police also recovered from them the P10,000 marked money and a car which the suspects claimed to be owned by someone.
Police Col. Leo Pamittan, Negros Occidental police director, commended operating troops for the successful intelligence-driven operation.
“We continue to apprehend drug suspects and recover large volumes of drugs as proof of our relentless campaign to eradicate drugs in our community," Pamittan said.
Suspects have yet to comment on their case.