CDNTopStories: Consolacion police are investigating if the two individuals whom they arrested in a buy bust operation at dawn today, May 19, 2020, are part of an illegal drug group that is operating around Cebu.
Two persons were arrested by Consolacion police while in Purok 7 in Barangay Nangka at dawn today, May 19, 2020, for the possession of an unlicensed firearm and suspected shabu.| Contributed Photo
The arrested individuals were identified as George Geotoro 42, and Iris Jane Valero, 36. Geotero is from Barangay Talamban while Valero is from Sitio Cabantan in Barangay Luz both in Cebu City. The responding police team confiscated a 9mm pistol and a medium pack of shabu worth 81, 600 from the possession of Geotoro, who used to be a furniture shop employee. Valero, on the other hand, is jobless.
The two suspects are able to dispose 100 to 200 grams of shabu per week to buyers in the area, he added.
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