By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga

At least P180,000 worth of suspected shabu was confiscated Thursday night following a buy-bust operation at a boarding house at Purok DC-1 Phase 2 in Regent Pearl Homes Subdivision in Bacolod City’s Barangay Alijis.
Police identified the arrested suspect as 59-year-old Noel Baldomar, a resident of Purok Kabugwason in Bacolod City’s Barangay Mansilingan.
Information provided by Police Station 7 (PS7) anti-drug operatives said they arrested Baldomar after he handed over a sachet of suspected shabu in exchange for P10,500.
Police recovered the P10,500 in marked money and a subsequent search also yielded drug paraphernalia.
Baldomar faces illegal drugs charges and is detained at PS7./DGB, WDJ