BACOLOD City – Thirteen sachets of suspected shabu valued at P210,000 were sized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 2, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental.
The 40-year-old pedicab driver Joeno De la Paz yielded the suspected illegal drug, police said.
De la Paz was nabbed after he allegedly sold shabu to an undercover officer on Sept. 3, the police added.
He was detained in the lockup cell of the La Carlota City police station, facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN