BY CYRUS GARDE AND MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – Police arrested two persons in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay 1, Silay City, Negros Occidental.
They were identified as live-in partners 23-year-old Jay Ryan Gallego of Barangay 5, Silay City and 27-year-old Aira Barbas of Barangay Banago, a police report showed.
Seven sachets of suspected shabu valued at around P75,000 were confiscated from them, it added.
Gallego and Barbas were nabbed after they allegedly sold illegal drugs to an undercover officer for P6,000 around 2:30 p.m. on April 30.
Aside from the suspected shabu, a live bullet of .38-caliber gun, two cellphones and P2,000 cash were also seized.
The suspects were detained in 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
