A suspected member of a drug syndicate operating in Bacolod City yielded two kilos of suspected shabu worth P14.382 million during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Vista Alegre yesterday.

Captain Joven Mogato, chief of the Bacolod City Police Office-Drug Enforcement Unit, identified the suspect as Michael Sarabia Frias, 45 years old, a high-value individual, who reportedly belongs to the Caunda Group, the remaining drug ring operating in the city.

Frias, a former drug offender, reportedly supplies illegal drugs to distributors in several villages in the city, Mogato said.

“He meets up with his clients. He delivers to those who are also subjects of our buy-bust operations. We learned that he is the source,” he said in a media interview.

Frias was arrested around 7:00 a.m. after he sold a sachet of suspected shabu worth P10,000 to a poseur buyer at his residence in Purok Pablo Torre.

Anti-drug operatives then found in his possession four transparent plastic sachets and five transparent plastic bags containing suspected shabu, weighing two kilos and 115 grams.

Pegged at P6,800 per gram, the illegal drugs were valued at P14.38 million.

Other items confiscated included a sling bag, a digital weighing scale and P220 cash.

“Tactical interrogation is ongoing to locate the source of illegal drugs, links and accomplices for follow-up operation,” the BCPO said in a statement.

Frias was first arrested in 2009 and was released after 10 years in detention, including five years with the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and another five years at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City, the police official added. (PNA)