A job hire of the Talisay City government was arrested following a buy-bust operation around 9:40 a.m. on Saturday at Hacienda Carmen in the city’s Barangay Dos Hermanas.

Police Captain Julius Caesar Colado of the Talisay City police identified the suspect as 38-year-old Hernando Posadas, Jr. alias “JR” of the said neighborhood.

Law enforcement officials confiscated 10 sachets of suspected shabu, including a buy-bust item, P500 in buy-bust money and P1,800 cash.

The suspect was detained at the Talisay City Police Station on charges in violation of RA 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./WDJ