Manila, Aug. 14 -- Two suspected drug pushers were arrested early Tuesday during a police buy-bust operation at Real Street in Barangay Poblacion 8 here.

A report from the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) identified the suspects as Kevin John Delayco Kalubiran, 23, single, of Purok Panaghiusa, Real Street, and John Belmor Moreno Cordoba, 22, single, a resident of Barangay Tinago, all in this capital city.

Both suspects were arrested during a buy-bust operation around 4 a.m. at Purok Panaghiusa, Real Street, after they allegedly sold suspected shabu to an undercover operative.

Seized from them were more or less eight grams of suspected shabu with an estimated value of PHP54,400.

Both suspects are included in Dumaguete Cit...