ORMOC CITY– Six sachets containing white crystalline substances suspected to be shabu were recovered from a jail guard assigned at the Leyte sub-provincial jail in Abuyog, Leyte.
Arrested by the operatives during the June 21 sting operation was alias ‘Vladimir,’ 25 and a resident of Barangay Can-uguib, Abuyog who was in possession of suspected shabu weighing 3.24 grams with a street value of P22,032.

The suspect was informed of the nature of his arrest and was apprised of his constitutional rights through the Miranda Doctrine in a language he understood and spoke.

Charges of violations of sections 5 (selling illegal drugs) and 11 (possession of illicit drugs) of Article II of RA 9165, the Comprehensive Law against Illegal Drugs of 2002, were filed against the suspect who is temporarily detained at the locked-up cell of the Abuyog municipal police station.
(ROBERT DEJON)

ORMOC CITY-A farmer, who was last reported harvesting nipa leaves, was found dead at about 7 am on Saturday (June 22) in the coastal area of Sitio Batang, Barangay Uban in Babatngon, Leyte.

The victim was identified by the police as alias “Longgoy”, 65, married, and a resident of Brgy. Uban of the said town.

Babatngon police said that they received a cellphone call from a concerned citizen that a dead body was found in the mangrove area of the said barangay.

Initial investigation conducted by responding police disclosed that the victim was last seen alive at about 8 am on Friday(June 21), harvesting nipa leaves.

However, the following day, at about 7 am, the lifeless body of the victim was discovered dead, with clothes printed with ‘barangay tanod’ tied in his left hand was trapped within the mangrove trees.

The police added that based on their findings, the victim accidentally hacked his left hand while harvesting the nipa leaves at the said place.

Dr. Julieta Conge, municipal health officer, pronounced the victim dead.

She theorized that the victim died from loss of blood due to the wound he sustained on his wrist. (ROBERT DEJON)

ORMOC CITY-A Russian national died on the spot after he was overrun by a wing van at about 5:40 am on Saturday (June 22) along Maharlika Highway in Barangay 99 Diit in Tacloban City.

The police said that the unidentified male victim was driving a Honda ACB 125 with plate number 478-HSY.

While another victim was identified as alias “Rod”, 68, unemployed, and a resident of Brgy. Diit, here.

The incident also involved two other vehicles, a Yamaha, Mio Sporty, color matte black, with plate number 980-HCP, registered to alias “Leo” of V and G Subdivision, Tacloban City, and driven by an unidentified foreign national who left the area after the incident and the vehicle behind the death of the foreign national a aluminum wing van truck with plate number CBS-2511, registered to TL TRAFI Logistics Inc. of Cainta, Rizal, and driven by alias “Melchor”, 41, married, a resident of Tacurong, Sultan, Kudarat.

Initial investigation conducted by the local police disclosed that the wing van and the Honda ACB 125, driven by the Russian were traveling along the Maharlika Highway in the same direction to which the single motorcycle was on the right side of the wing van.
However, upon reaching the place of occurrence, the single motorcycle accidentally hit an electrical post on the side of the road and eventually hit the victim who was standing on the road.

Unfortunately, the single motorcycle driven by the Russian continued to move forward and in the process hit the park single motorcycle causing the driver together with his driven motorcycle to be placed underneath the wing van and eventually run over by the truck.
As a result, the foreign national and the pedestrian victim sustained serious injuries and were brought to EVMC for medical treatment.

The wing van driver together with the vehicles was brought to Police Station 2 for documentation and proper disposition.

The local police are still conducting a thorough investigation on the incident.
(ROBERT DEJON)