Three drug offenders were arrested Wednesday evening following a buy-bust operation at Purok Manzanilla in Sagay City’s Barangay Old Sagay.
Authorities identified the suspects as 27-year-old Joemar ‘Jun-Jun’ Coniendo of Purok 7 in the city’s Barangay Poblacion 1 and 28-year-old Josua ‘Dandan’ Quema of of Purok Mabinuligon in the city’s Barangay Lopez Jaena, along with 24-year-old Indian national Harpreet ‘Arry’ Singh of Municipal Subdivision in the city’s Barangay Poblacion 2.
According to Sagay City Police Station officer-in-charge, Police Major Antonio Benitez, Jr., law enforcement officials confiscated seven heat-sealed sachets of suspected shabu, the buy-bust item, other drugs paraphernalia, and cash proceeds totaling P690.
The suspects are currently detained at the Sagay City Police Station on charges in violation of RA 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./WDJ