Cops net P802,500 worth of ‘shabu’

Suspected shabu worth P120,000 seized from two persons in a buy-bust at Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City Saturday. (Photo courtesy of BCPO)

By Glazyl Y. Masculino

BACOLOD City – Local policemen arrested 19 persons and seized P802,500 worth of suspected shabu here and in Negros Occidental from June 15 to 20, 2020.

The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) confiscated P281,000 worth of suspected shabu and arrested seven persons.

Police Stations 2, 6, and 8 conducted the operations at Barangays 2, 10, Mandalagan, Singcang-Airport, and Taculing here.

For Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo), authorities recovered P521,500 worth of suspected shabu and apprehended 12 individuals.

The anti-illegal drug operations in the province were conducted in the cities of Silay, Cadiz, Victorias, and Talisay, and towns of Valladolid, La Castellana, and Toboso.