DRUG HAUL. Operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office City Drug Enforcement Unit seize 1,010 grams of suspected shabu worth PHP6.868 million from Napoleon Begasa III at his rented place in Purok Kawayanan, Barangay Banag on Sunday night (June 5, 2022). The suspect, who is a fruit vendor, is considered a high-value individual. (Photo courtesy of Bacolod City Police Office)
BACOLOD CITY – Some PHP7.582 million in suspected shabu were seized by operatives of Bacolod City Police Office from two suspects in separate buy-busts here Sunday night and Monday morning.
In Barangay Singcang-Airport, Raffy Cardeñas, 37, was arrested after transacting with a poseur-buyer in Purok Kahirup at past 12:40 a.m. on Monday.
Tagged as a high-value individual (HVI), he sold a big sachet of the prohibited substance worth PHP10,500 and also yielded 20 big sachets containing shabu weighing about 105 grams.
The seized items were valued at PHP714,000, or PHP6,800 per gram.
Maj. Joery Puerto, chief of Police Station 8, said they were able to locate Cardeñas based on the information provided by previously arrested suspects.
At around 7:15 p.m. on Sunday, operatives of the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) led by Lt. Joven Mogato nabbed Napoleon Begasa III, 30, at his house in Purok Kawayanan, Barangay Banago.
Begasa, also an HVI, sold PHP3,000 worth of shabu to an undercover police officer.
He yielded 21 plastic sachets containing the same prohibited substance, along with PHP1,200 cash.
The illegal drugs, weighing 1,010 grams, were valued at PHP6.868 million.
According to the CDEU, Begasa, a fruit vendor, is renting the place where the buy-bust was done.
He is also believed to supply illegal drugs to food delivery riders, it added.
The suspect is now detained at the custodial facility of Police Station 3.
The suspects will be charged with the violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (PNA)
