Minor caught for ‘shabu’ possession

By: Glazyl Y. Masculino

BACOLOD City – A 17-year-old boy was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation at Barangay 1, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental on July 7.

Police withheld the name of the minor-suspect, who is a student under the Alternative Learning System (ALS).

Recovered from him were five sachets of suspected shabu worth P2,800, the P300 marked money, and a motorcycle.

Meanwhile, an estimated P17,900 worth of illegal drugs were seized in separate buy-bust operations in the province from July 7 to 8.

Police also confiscated P27,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust here on July 8.