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BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
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Thursday, May 4, 2017
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ILOILO City – Policemen busted two drug pushing suspects at a lodging house in Barangay North Baluarte, Molo district.
The two sold a sachet of shabu for P1,200 to an undercover police officer on Tuesday.
From Dragon Lodge, the following were taken to the Molo police station:
* Willy Sagayno, 23, of Barangay Pali, Mandurriao district
* Leonard Ponclara, 21, of Barangay Calumpang, Molo.
Four more sachets of shabu were recovered from the suspects when they were frisked.
The two face a charge for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
The privacy offered by lodging houses, motels and similar business establishments make them at risk of becoming illegal drug havens, according to the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO).
Away from the prying eyes of the police, drug traffickers believe their illegal activities won’t be discovered, said Senior Inspector Shella Mae Sangrines, city police spokesperson.
Last month, an undercover police officer was able to buy a sachet of shabu from six drug pushing suspects for P1,100 at a hotel on Quezon Street, Barangay Sampaguita, City Proper.
“Daw medyo gaamat-amat na subong trending ginagamit sa (drug) transactions mga hotels,” said Sangrines.
On Sept. 4, 2015 a drug pushing suspect from Pasay City, Metro Manila was arrested in a buy-bust operation at a pension house in La Paz district.
Five big sachets of suspected shabu worth P150,000 were recovered from Marian Panganiban, 53, by the city anti-illegal drugs special operations task group.
In January 2013, operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency – Region 6 arrested a drug suspect at a hotel on Rizal Street, City Proper.
Some 54.21 grams of suspected shabu with a market value estimated at P200,000 were seized from suspect Pet John Declar of Barotac Viejo, Iloilo./PN
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