A HIGH VALUE target from Bohol was arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Provincial Intelligence Unit (PIU) of the Bohol Provincial Police Office in Purok 7, Barangay Mariveles, Dauis City on Friday, November at 14:20. 15, 2024.

The operation was led by UIP Chief Lieutenant Colonel Joemar Pomarejos, under the supervision of Provincial Police Chief Colonel Arnel Banzon.

The suspect was identified as Vicente Sarno alias Inting, a 45-year-old resident of Purok 1, Totolan, Dauis, but a native of Barangay Bahi, Alburquerque, Bohol.

Seized from him were large packets of suspected shabu weighing 1,350 grams, with a standard drug price of P9,180,000, along with his cell phone used in the drug transaction.

According to Pomarejos, the suspect has been monitored for a long time after his name appeared in their previous buy operations as being involved in illegal drug activities.

Sarno allegedly served as a warehouseman, known locally as a bodegero, for large supplies of illegal drugs, and his supplier is a drug inmate whose identity is being withheld by police pending an ongoing investigation.

The suspect’s drug distribution network, including his downlines, is currently being investigated by police.

Sarno worked as a sound technician and his wife sells products online. (AYB)