ORMOC CITY-A pedicab driver from sitio Kape Yahan of Barangay San Juan,Palompon,Leyte was arrested due to illegal drug possession.
Arrested by the local.police on Sept.29 at about 3:33 pm was identified as alias ‘Aladin,”30, a resident of said village.
Based on the report from the local police, recovered by the suspect’s possession was one sachet containing a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu procured by an operative in the amount of P500.
During the conduct of a body search done in the presence of law-mandated witnesses, the searching officer recovered from the suspect one plastic container of a candy marked “Tictac” that contained two more sachets containing the same white crystalline substances also suspected to be shabu.
Further search resulted in the recovery of one P500 bill, which is a court-subscribed money intended for the operation.
The suspect was informed of the nature of his arrest and was apprised of his constitutional rights in a language that he understood and spoke.
The Palompon police said that the estimated weight of the recovered illegal drugs from the suspect is 0.40 grams with a street value of P2,720.
Charges of violations of RA 9165 were already filed at the Provincial Prosecutors’ Office against the suspect, who is temporarily detained at the locked-up cell of Palompon MPS.
(ROBERT DEJON)
