By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga

Four suspected drug personalities were arrested over the weekend following a buy-bust operation at a pension house in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.

Police identified the suspects as 30-year-old Jason Arile, 39-year-old Manuel Uy, 26-year-old Janine Shane Villamor, and 19-year-old Mariel Castellano; all residents of the said city.

San Carlos City police said the operation was the fourth conducted at the said pension house.

Authorities confiscated a total of P84,000 worth of suspected shabu from the suspects, along with drug paraphernalia and items allegedly used for repacking the illicit substance.

The suspects face illegal drugs charges and are detained at the San Carlos City Police Station./DGB, WDJ