CEBU CITY – A former policeman was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Sambag 1 here on Sunday night, Dec. 8.
FORMER policeman Kenneth Bacalso Yaquit is arrested after several packs of suspected shabu were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Sambag 1, Cebu City on Sunday night, Dec. 8. (Contributed photo)
Kenneth Bacalso Yaquit, 40, was caught with 30 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated value of P204,000.
The suspect is a resident of Das Uncronan, Lutopan, Toledo City, Cebu.
According to the Drug Enforcement Unit of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas, Yaquit joined the police organization in 2013 but was dismissed in 2015 for being absent without official leave.
Police said it took a two-week surveillance before the former policeman was cornered.
The suspect was allegedly capable of selling 50 grams of shabu a week, police said.