By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga

Three men were arrested on Monday after operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Negros Island Region (PDEA-NIR) conducted a buy-bust operation at Purok Mahogany, Barangay 1, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.
Police identified the suspects as Jonathan Ibañez, Crispin Ibañez, Jr., and Noel Hernandez, all including on the San Carlos City Police Station “target list.”
PDEA-NIR operatives recovered a total 50.274 grams of shabu, worth around P500,000.
The three drug suspects are now facing illegal drugs charges and are detained at the San Carlos City Police Station./WDJ