BACOLOD City – Two men were arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Purok Mabuhay, Barangay Poblacion, Toboso, Negros Occidental.
They were the 29-year-old resident Lanie Bahita and 28-year-old Ryan Ondoy of Barangay Malatas, Calatrava, Negros Occidental, a police report showed.
Bahita and Ondoy were caught after they sold a sachet of suspected shabu to an undercover officer for P500 around 11:40 a.m. on Saturday, the report added.
The Drug Enforcement Team of the Toboso municipal police station staged the sting operation.
Recovered from the suspects were a total of seven sachets of suspected shabu valued at around P5,000 and a sling bag.
The police also impounded the Honda XRM 125 motorcycle the suspects used.
Bahita and Ondoy were detained in the Toboso police station lockup facility.
Charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, will be filed against them./PN
