ORMOC CITY– A call center agent was arrested during a buy-bust operation in Brgy. Bagong Buhay, this city after authorities recovered several sachets of suspected illegal drugs on the evening of Wednesday, January 21.
The suspect, identified as alias “Rod”, 30, with a live-in partner and resident of Purok 4, Brgy. Bagong Buhay, was caught in possession of one sachet of a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu, purchased by an undercover operative for P500.
During a body search conducted in the presence of law-mandated witnesses, police recovered an olive-green coin purse containing three additional sachets of the suspected shabu and the P500 buy-bust money. Authorities also confiscated a yellow improvised lighter and a white repacking straw.
PS4 Chief of Police, Captain Rodolfo Mercolita, said the suspect was informed of the nature of his arrest and read his constitutional rights in a language he understood.
Charges for violation of RA 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, have been filed at the City Prosecutor’s Office. The suspect is now detained at the PS4 locked-up cell in Brgy. Linao, Ormoc City.
(ROBERT DEJON)
