An alleged fourth-year Criminology student was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Batad town, Province of Iloilo.
The Criminology student identified only as a certain “Jeffrey” is deemed a high-value individual (HVI).
The buy-bust operation was carried out in Barangay Batad Viejo on August 21, 2025.
At least 120 grams of illegal drugs with a market value of P816,000 were confiscated from the suspect’s possession.
"Kung saan ang available, doon siya kumukuha. Either sa Balasan or Estancia, iyan ang main source niya ng iligal na druga,” CMS Willem Millamena, public information officer of Batad Municipal Police Station, said.
Police disclosed that most of the suspect’s "customers" are from within his neighborhood.
Investigation is ongoing, as of this writing, to determine whether there were students who bought illegal drugs from the suspect.
