BACOLOD City – Suspected shabu that weighed about 150 grams was recovered in a raid against a “high value” drug target in Purok Malinawon, Barangay Talay, Dumaguete City.
The suspected illegal drugs that the police estimated to be worth some P1,020,000 were confiscated from the 42-year-old Jocelyn Gomez Villegas of Barangay Talay.
Joint personnel from the Negros Oriental Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency staged the operation around 6:30 a.m. on Thursday.
They conducted the raid on the strength of a search warrant issued by Judge Marie Rose Inocando-Paras of the Regional Trial Court in Dumaguete City.
Aside from the suspected drug, police also recovered drug paraphernalia from Villegas. The suspect’s cellphone was confiscated, too.
Detained in the Dumaguete City police station, Villegas was facing charges for violation of sections 11, 12 and 15 of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN
