NegOcc sting ops yield over P1-M illegal drugs

Items found in his possession included two knot-tied and 10 transparent plastic sachets of shabu, weighing 155 grams with a standard drug price of P6,800 per gram, the report added

BACOLOD CITY — Separate anti-illegal drug operations in the Negros Occidental province and here resulted in the arrest of six suspects and the seizure of a total of P1.394 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested six suspects in four separate operations in Negros Occidental.

Authorities on Saturday arrested a certain Steve Silava following a buy-bust that led to the recovery of P1.054 million worth of suspected shabu at his house in Barangay 1A, Manapla town.

At around 2:33 p.m., the suspect sold P22,000 worth of the prohibited substance to an undercover cop.

According to the report, Silava is listed as a high-value individual in the Case Operational Plan “Quicksilver” of the Special Operations

Unit-Western Visayas of the Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group, the lead unit of the operation.

Items found in his possession included two knot-tied and 10 transparent plastic sachets of shabu, weighing 155 grams with a standard drug price of P6,800 per gram, the report added.

On the same day in Bacolod, a certain Gilbert Dimson was nabbed by operatives of Police Station 3 in Purok Magbinuligay, Barangay Bata.

Dimson yielded 13 small sachets of suspected shabu, weighing two grams, valued at P13,600.

On Friday night, three family members in Barangay 2 in the city were arrested during an operation of Police Station 2 that yielded

P136,000 worth of suspected shabu.

The suspects were identified as Memar Diopeta and her twin sons Wowie and Wendyl. They were arrested following an operation at the family’s house in Purok Sigay.

The 20 grams of shabu seized from the suspects were sealed inside three big and 10 elongated transparent plastic sachets.

In Silay City a certain Delvie Rodrigues yielded P190,400 worth of suspected shabu during a search warrant operation in Barangay Guinhalaran on Friday afternoon and operatives found in the possession of the suspect 18 small plastic sachets containing shabu weighing 28 grams along with drug paraphernalia such as improvised tooters, disposable lighters, and a candy canister.