A dismissed policewoman was apprehended in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion 2, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Sept. 10. (Sagay City Police Station)
BACOLOD CITY – A former policewoman was arrested and 45 grams of suspected shabu worth P306,000 were recovered in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion 2, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Sept. 10.
Police Lt. Col. Alvimar Flores, Sagay police chief, said the 30-year-old suspect Tata was subjected to the operation after she was identified by previously arrested drug pushers as their source of illegal drugs.
Tata, a former patrolwoman, was nabbed after she sold a shabu to a police asset for P1,000.
Recovered from her was the contraband, a .45 caliber pistol, a magazine, and five bullets.
Flores said that the suspect has no documents proving if her firearm is licensed.
The suspect was last assigned to the Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 (Western Visayas) in Iloilo City and suspended in January 2021.
She was dismissed in October 2023 after she being Absent Without Official Leave since May that year.
The suspect faces drug and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition cases.