ROXAS City – A 46-year-old resident of Barangay Parian, Sigma, Capiz was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation, the municipal police said.
Francis Patiño was caught in front of his house at around 6 p.m. on Nov. 20.
“Madugay na ini namon sia gin paidalum sa surveillance,” said Senior Inspector Christian Mahometano, Sigma police head.
Recovered from the suspect were five sachets of suspected shabu, a P500 marked money and a Rusi motorcycle, Mahometano told Panay News.
Operatives from the Sigma police station and the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit of the Capiz Police Provincial Office staged the operation.
“Base sa amon nga imbestigasyon sa iya, ang iya source [sang drugs] didto sa Balasan, Iloilo,” Mahometano told Panay News.
Patiño was detained at the Sigma police station lockup facility.
The suspect faces charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN
