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BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
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Thursday, January 19, 2017
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ILOILO – The barangay captain of Agcuyawan Calasada, Barotac Nuevo town was busted for shabu yesterday. An unlicensed gun was also recovered in his house.
But 39-year-old Lester Bawe denied being either a peddler or user of shabu. He claimed he was unfairly being targeted because of his brother Levy, a murder suspect who remains at large.
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested the barangay captain around 9:15 a.m. after one of them managed to buy a sachet of shabu from the suspect for P1,000.
According to Chief Inspector Raymond Celoso, Barotac Nuevo police chief, Bawe was a high-value drug target and had long been under surveillance.
The police recovered four more big sachets of shabu worth P25,000 from the suspect, plus an unlicensed .45 pistol.
“Last year, we noticed that several persons were coming in and out of his house. We monitored his movements and discovered that he was into the illegal drug trade,” said Celoso.
The Barotac Nuevo police became keen on the Bawes after the barangay captain’s brother Levy shot to death their other brother, Lowell, in Barangay Buntatala, Jaro, Iloilo City on May 17, 2016 after a long motorcycle chase.
Levy, 37, and Lowell, 46, had a fight prior to the shooting, police said.
Lowell died of 15 gunshot wounds on the head and body.
Levi was a former Philippine Army soldier. The source said he had substance abuse problem./PN
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