BACOLOD CITY – The City Drug Enforcement Unit arrested two suspected drug pushers and seized 250 grams of shabu valued at P1.7 million in a buy-bust operation in Purok Gonzaga, Barangay Taculing, this city, on Wednesday night, Nov. 6.
POLICE seized suspected shabu worth P1.7 million in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City on Wednesday, Nov. 6. (Photo courtesy of Bacolod City Police Office)
The suspects were identified as Herliza, 27, and Judy, 30, a painter, both residents of Barangay Taculing.
Recovered from the suspects were a tooter, P1,000 marked money, and P300.
The suspects were tagged as high-value individuals due to the volume of the drug recovery and detained at Police Station 6.
Meanwhile, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental apprehended five individuals and dismantled a drug den in Barangay 19 here on Wednesday.
Seized from the suspects were 12 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated street value of P36,000, improvised tooters, a broken tooter, marked money, and P130.