By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga

Thirteen persons, including two minors, were nabbed by members of Police Station 6 (PS6) following a buy-bust operation at the Annex Building, Libertad Public Market, Barangay 40, Bacolod City, late Saturday evening.
Among those arrested were the main target of the operation, identified by police as 27-year-old Joecarl Mahinay of Barangay Handumanan and Arnold Teorica, 21, a number three street level target of PS6.
PS6 commander, Police Chief Insp. Jovil Sedel, said their operatives moved in after Mahinay handed over one sachet of suspected shabu in exchange for P200.
They also nabbed other individuals, including two minors, as they were caught in the act of engaging in illegal drug activities.
Overall, police recovered 11 small and one big sachet of suspected shabu with a market value estimated at between P9,000 and P11,000.
They also recovered six drug paraphernalia from the arrested suspects.
Sedel added the arrested individuals are all facing illegal drugs charges and are detained at PS6, while the two minors were handed over to the Social Development Center (SDC) of Bacolod City./WDJ