BACOLOD CITY – Police seized six kilos of suspected shabu valued at P41.3 million and arrested a 28-year-old drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Purok Malipayon, Barangay 35 here on Tuesday night, August 13.
The suspect was identified a alias Tol of Barangay 35.
Police Capt. Glenn Soliman, officer-in-charge of the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit (RPDEU)-Western Visayas, said the suspect was apprehended after he sold shabu to a police asset for P60,000.

SUSPECTED shabu worth P41.3 million was seized from a 28-year-old drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 35, Bacolod City on Tuesday, August 13. (Photo courtesy of PRO-Western Visayas)
Soliman said that the suspect’s 52-year-old father and 36-year-old brother intervened after he was arrested and one of them tried to snatch the firearm of one of the arresting police operatives which resulted into a brief commotion.
The suspect’s father and brother were subdued by the police and will be charged with obstruction of justice.
Soliman said they monitored the suspect for more than a month before conducting the operation. Tol was tagged as a high-value individual because of the large volume of shabu recovered.
Further investigation will be conducted to check if the suspect has links to a drug syndicate or if he is a newly identified individual.
Tol is detained at Police Station 1 here and faces appropriate charges.
The Police Regional Office (PRO)-Western Visayas lauded the arrest of the suspect.
The operation was led by the RPDEU-Western Visayas in coordination with the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU), City Intelligence Unit (CIU), and Police Station 1.
The PRO-6 vowed to step up its campaign against illegal drugs.