BUTUAN CITY: Nine
persons were arrested in a raid at a residential house in Bayugan, Agusan del
Sur, police said.
Bayugan City Police
Director C/Insp. Reynante Sibayton said the house of Beneser “Benny” Denero
Salada was purportedly turned into drug where he and eight others were having a
shabu session when the raid was conducted.
An undetermined amount
of shabu, drug paraphernalias and money were confiscated by raiding cops along
with the arrest of persons who were either relatives of barangay officials or former
barangay kagawads themselves.
Bayugan City is among
the cities in Caraga region identified by the PNP where rampant proliferation
of illegal drugs is said to be worsening.(WITH BEN SERRANO)