Jerome Montañez Lazaga, 23, and his cousin, Jaypee Padigos Montañez, 31, was arrested at 4 p.m. after the suspected shabu and buy-bust money changed hands, said Supt. Fermin V. Armendarez III, assistant regional director of Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7) (CONTRIBUTED BY EDGAR ESCALANTE).
Police confiscated at least 150 grams of suspected shabu worth P1.7 million and arrested two persons during a buy-bust operation inside a hotel room in Cebu City yesterday.
Jerome Montañez Lazaga, 23, and his cousin, Jaypee Padigos Montañez, 31, was arrested at 4 p.m. after the suspected shabu and buy-bust money changed hands, said Supt. Fermin V. Armendarez III, assistant regional director of Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7).
The CIDG-7, who conducted the operation, arrested Lazaga, who is from Sibonga but is temporarily living in Barangay Carreta, Cebu City, and Padigos Montañez, who is also from Barangay Carreta, inside the Queensland Hotel, said Armendarez.
He said that they had put Lazaga under surveillance for a week before they conducted the operation inside Room 23 of the hotel, which is at the corner of A. Soriano St. and General Maxilom Ave., North Reclamation Area in Cebu City.