By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga

Three people were arrested in separate buy-bust operations by Police Station 2 (PS2) and Police Station 7 (PS7), in Barangays 2 and Mansilingan, respectively, Monday afternoon.
According to PS2 commander, Police Chief Inspector Benedicto Villarias, 64-year-old Ramon Diaz of Purok Sigay, Barangay 2 yielded one big, nine elongated, and one small sachets of suspected shabu; and drug paraphernalia.
Villarias estimated the market value of the seized drugs to be P40,000.
Meanwhile, PS7 police arrested 26-year-old Rodolfo Lacita and 24-year-old Wilfredo Dumapit, Jr., both residents of Purok Kabugwason, Barangay Mansilingan, after they yielded one elongated, two small, and one big sachets of suspected shabu; as well as suspected drug money worth P700 and drug paraphernalia.
All three face drug-related charges and are detained at PS2 and PS7, respectively./WDJ