BACOLOD CITY – A city government employee and his companion were arrested by the police in a buy-bust operation in Bonifacio Extension, Barangay 4, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, February 20.
A CITY government employee and his companion were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Silay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, February 20. (Photo courtesy of Silay City Police Station)
Police identified the city government employee as Romeo Dicto, 61. His companion was a 26-year-old man.
The suspects were arrested after they sold suspected shabu worth P2,800 to a police poseur-buyer. Suspects allegedly yielded 12 grams of suspected shabu valued at P81,600.
Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief, said that Dicto had been working in the city as street sweeper. He is considered a high-value individual because of his government-related work, Darroca said.
Darroca said that Dicto’s companion was tagged as a street-level individual.