2 drug suspects arrested

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO

ILOILO City – Two drug suspects were arrested in separate police operations in Iloilo province and city.

The 30-year-old Leomel Pulmano was apprehended in a buy-bust operation of the Iloilo City Police Station 2 in Barangay Aguinaldo, La Paz district around 5 p.m. on Monday.

Pulmano sold a sachet of shabu to an undercover policeman for P300.

Three sachets of shabu were seized from the suspect.

“He was the right hand of a high-value target in our area,” Senior Insp. Edgar Anonoy, La Paz police chief, said.

Meanwhile, 33-year-old Jenelyn Dequito was arrested on Tuesday at her house in Barangay Balantian, Balasan, Iloilo.

Dequito was placed under surveillance for quite some time prior to the sting operation around 7:30 a.m./PN