TWO separate buy-bust operations in two cities in Negros Occidental yielded an estimated P756,000 worth of illegal drugs on Monday, February 25.
In Bacolod City, operatives of City Drug Enforcement Unit arrested John Roy Pasco, Jocelyn Villa, and Joevel Diaz in Barangay 8 on Monday evening.
Police seized from them 13 sachets of suspected shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) worth P531,000, paper box, cylinder, and the P1,000 marked money.
All three suspects are detained at Police Station 2.
In Silay City, three persons were collared in Barangay 5, after police confiscated an estimated P225,000 worth of illegal drugs.
Police identified the suspects as Edel Salado, 27, of Barangay Mambulac, a target listed drug personality; Aris De Guzman, 35, of Barangay Mambulac; and Remo Jimenea Jr., 40, of Barangay 5.
De Guzman and Jimenea are newly-identified drug personalities. (GYM)