3 nabbed for drugs

By Glenda SOLOGASTOA

ILOILO City – A former chief tanod of Barangay Bagacay, San Dionisio, Iloilo and two others were arrested for selling illegal drugs.

The joint buy-bust operations of the San Dionisio police and the Provincial Anti-Illegal Drug Task Group on August 6 led to the arrest of Maucil Abregoso alias Momot, 38; Domingo Boga alias Totong, 30, a barangay tanod; and Paterno Barba alyas Junjun, 29.

Recovered from the suspects were seven heat-sealed sachets of suspected shabu and cash amounting to P524.

The suspects were detained at the San Dionisio police station and will face charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN