BACOLOD City – Five sachets of suspected shabu weighing about 5 grams valued at around P60,000 were recovered in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 6, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.
The 30-year-old Jan Hermel Negrido, 37-year-old Michael John Villarba and Maria Angela Sandoval yielded the suspected illegal drugs, police said.
The suspects were nabbed after they allegedly sold shabu to an undercover officer for P800 around 1:05 a.m. on April 29.
They were detained in the San Carlos City police station’s custodial facility, facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN