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BACOLOD CITY - Drug enforcement teams of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) have recovered PHP2.4 million worth of suspected shabu in a series of operations in the past week. A report on Tuesday showed that 351.1 grams of the prohibited substance valued at PHP6,800 per gram were seized from Sept. 12 to 18. "Our operating units are relentless in their campaign against drugs and other forms of criminality," Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, police city director, said in a statement. The five anti-drug operations led to the arrest of also five newly identified individuals, now facing charges in court for violation of Republic Act 9125 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. In August, anti-drug operatives seized PHP7.1 million worth of shabu and arrested 46 drug personalities, data showed. Recent anti-drug operations in Bacolod and Negros Occidental showed that illegal drugs were already being transported for the upcoming Masskara Festival. Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, director o
DRUG HAUL. The two kilograms of suspected shabu worth PHP13.668 million and other items that were seized from two drug suspects during a buy-bust in Barangay Lantad, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Sunday (Aug. 28, 2022). The suspects were identified as siblings Angie Dumdumaya, 30, and Angielyn Dumdumaya, 25, both tagged as high-value individuals. (Photo courtesy of Police Regional Office-Western Visayas) BACOLOD CITY - Joint police operatives arrested two drug personalities and seized about two kilograms of suspected shabu during a buy-bust in Barangay Lantad, Silay City in Negros Occidental on Sunday, a report of the Police Regional Office-Western Visayas (PRO-6) showed. The suspects were identified as siblings Angie Dumdumaya, 30, and Angielyn Dumdumaya, 25, both tagged as high-value individuals. In a statement, Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, regional director of PRO-6, commended the operating units and directed them to conduct a deeper investigation to identify the cohorts of the susp
IN MOURNING. The Municipality of Isabela in Negros Occidental flies the Philippine flag at half mast on Thursday (Aug. 25, 2022) as the community mourns the death of village chief Danilo Dautil of Barangay Cabcab. Dautil was shot by two unidentified assailants on his way home last Aug. 24.(Photo courtesy of Vamos Isabela Facebook page) BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) is investigating the killing of two village chiefs in the remote barangays of Negros Occidental in the past 48 hours. Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, director of Police Regional Office-Western Visayas, said on Friday he has directed Col. Leo Pamittan, police provincial director, to investigate the cases thoroughly. "Two elected officials have been killed one after the other. We are looking at the possibility that these are interconnected," he told reporters in a press briefing at the NOCPPO headquarters. On Wednesday night, Danilo Dautil, 62, the chairperson of Barangay Cabcab in
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