ILOILO City – Three persons were arrested while their companion escaped in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay San Juan, Molo district.
They were 39-year-old Jose Ranato Dacudao, 41-year-old Hermie Sugcang and Hermie’s 44-year-old brother Andy, a police report showed.
Their companion Randy Ariola of Molo district evaded arrest, the report added.
The suspects were nabbed after they sold suspected shabu to an undercover officer for P6,200 on Friday, police said.
Confiscated from their possession were six more sachets of suspected illegal drugs.
The suspects were detained in the Molo police station’s lockup facility while police officers conducted a manhunt operation to arrest Ariola./PN