SEIZED. Operatives of the Silay City Police Station in Negros Occidental recover PHP1.156 million in shabu and two firearms during a buy-bust in Barangay Mambulac on Wednesday (Jan. 10, 2024). The operation arrested three suspects, including two minors. (Photo courtesy of Silay City Police Station)
BACOLOD CITY – Police operatives seized PHP1.156 million in shabu and two firearms from three individuals during a buy-bust in Silay City, Negros Occidental, Wednesday.
Arrested were subject Elmer Abela Jr., 42, a fisherman from Barangay Mambulac, and his two minor companions, both 16-year-old boys.
Dacutan sold for PHP6,000 a sachet of shabu to an undercover policeman at his residence in Sitio Dacutan Dacu at almost 10 a.m.
Lt.Col. Mark Darroca, city police chief, said the two minors work for Abela, known as a notorious drug peddler in the area.
They endorsed to the Silay City Youth Center the minor suspects, he added.
Operatives recovered from his possession 20 plastic sachets of shabu, weighing 170 grams, with a total value of P1.156 million.
They also seized a handmade shotgun, a caliber. 38 revolver, improvised tooter, a plastic bottle containing ammonium nitrate fuel oil, and other non-drug items.
The Silay City Police Station endorsed all the recovered items and the firearms to the Negros Occidental Provincial Forensic Unit-Western Visayas for examination. (PNA)
