BACOLOD CITY: Police arrested 30 persons and confiscated P139,000 worth of cash used for alleged vote-buying activities in separate towns of Negros Occidental late Sunday night and early Monday morning.

Lt. Col. Adrian Acolador said 28 persons—including three minors—were arrested in Moises Padilla where 12 sample ballots with two P500 bills attached to each, and at least 600 loose sample ballots were also seized during a series of raids in the town’s poblacion and neighboring Barangay Odiong.

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