BACOLOD City – Suspected shabu valued at around P309,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 22.
Residents Dennis Villanueva and Joemil Dellave yielded the suspected illegal drugs, police said.
They were nabbed after they allegedly sold shabu to an undercover officer for P1,000 on May 18.
Fifteen more sachets of suspected illegal drugs were recovered from Villanueva and Dellave after personnel of the City Drug Enforcement Unit conducted a follow-up search.
The suspects were detained in the lockup cell of Police Station 4, for charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN