BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Suspected shabu valued at around P408,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in in Barangay 6, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental.
Three “high-value” drug suspects were arrested and detained at the Kabankalan City police station over the weekend.
Joint forces of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Negros Occidental, Aklan, Antique, and Iloilo staged the operation at around 9:45 a.m. on July 18.
The suspects were Daryl Infante Banaag, Oscar Infante Banaag and Eric Arroyo Alanza.
Recovered from their possession were five sachets of suspected shabu weighing about 60 grams and drug paraphernalia. A police asset initially bought from the suspects a sachet. The buy-bust money was also recovered.
The three suspects face a charge for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN
