BACOLOD City – Twenty-four sachets of suspected shabu valued at around P50,000 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Camugao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental.
Residents 24-year-old Ruben Capunong and 23-year-old Danica Lamata yielded the suspected illegal drugs, a police report showed.
Capunong and Lamata were nabbed after they sold suspected shabu to an undercover officer for P100 around 5:15 p.m. on Aug. 28, it added.
A wallet with P3,655 cash was confiscated from their possession, police said.
They were detained in the lockup cell of the Kabankalan City police station, facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN