BACOLOD City – Fourteen sachets of suspected shabu weighing about 5 grams valued at around P75,000 were recovered in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 1, Silay City, Negros Occidental.
Thirty-nine-year-old Dean Frederick Abellar of Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, 44-year-old Vincent Sumpay of Barangay Guihalaran, Silay City, 34-year-old Cherry Villanueva of Barangay Rizal, Silay City, and 24-year-old Mary Grace Sernal of Barangay Sta. Cruz, Calatrava, Negros Occidental yielded the suspected illegal drugs, police said
They were nabbed after they allegedly sold shabu to an undercover officer for P5,500 around 1:50 p.m. on Friday.
Aside from the suspected illegal drugs, a digital weighing scale, five cellphones and P400 cash were also seized.
The suspects were detained at the Silay City police station’s custodial facility, facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN
