ORMOC CITY— Police in Naval, Biliran arrested a newly identified drug personality during a buy-bust operation conducted around 5:19 p.m. on October 23.
Naval police officer-in-charge, Major Sherwin Amando L. Machete, identified the suspect as alias “Regodon,” of legal age and a resident of Barangay Villa Consuelo, Naval, Biliran, where he was arrested.
Confiscated from the suspect was one sachet of suspected shabu worth P500, which was sold to an undercover police operative.
During a subsequent body search conducted in the presence of mandatory witnesses, police also recovered two additional sachets of suspected shabu and the P500 marked money.
Authorities said the suspect was properly informed of the reason for his arrest and his constitutional rights in a language he understood.
The suspect is now detained at the Naval Municipal Police Station, while charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, have been filed before the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office in Biliran.
(ROBERT DEJON)
