BACOLOD CITY – Suspected shabu valued at around P500, 000 was recovered from a “high-value” target and his companions in B3 San Mateo Village, Barangay Banago.
Police identified the target as 35-year-old Ramel Mationg of Barangay Zone 5, Talisay City, Negros Occidental.
Mationg’s companions identified as 32-year-old Medjor Dairo and 25-year-old Robert Los Bañes were also arrested.
Confiscated from the suspects were suspected shabu weighing about 40 grams around 1:30 a.m. on Monday, a police report showed.
The suspects were detained in the lockup cell of Police Station 3, facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN