DRUG HAUL. The 25 plastic sachets of suspected shabu worth PHP3.4 million seized by joint operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Western Visayas Special Enforcement Team and San Carlos City Police Station during a buy-bust in the northern Negros city on Wednesday (Oct. 27, 2021). The arrested suspect was identified as Emil Fernandez Mariano, who is tagged as a high-value individual.(Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental San Carlos City Police Station BACOLOD CITY - A drug personality, who yielded some PHP3.4 million in suspected shabu, was arrested in a buy-bust by joint anti-drug operatives in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday afternoon. A police report identified the suspect as Emil Fernandez Mariano, 39, unemployed, and tagged as a high-value individual. A resident of Burgos Street, Barangay 6, Mariano was cornered in the area along 5th Street in Margarita Village, Barangay 2 at past 12:30 p.m. by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Western Visayas Special Enforcement Team led by Investigation Agent 1 Jay-R Espares together with personnel of San Carlos City Police Station headed by operations officer Lt. Rodney Sarona. Mariano sold a sachet of shabu worth PHP10,000 to poseur-buyer, leading to his arrest, the police report said. Operatives also recovered from his possession 25 plastic sachets containing the prohibited substance, weighing about 500 grams. Each gram is pegged at a standard drug price of PHP6,800 or a total of PHP3.4 million. Other seized items included a motorcycle, a black sling bag, and a red box, the police report added. (PNA) }