AFTER 2 YEARS OF HIDING: Drug suspect falls

ILOILO City – A drug suspect, who had been hiding from the police for about two years, was arrested in Barangay Capuling, Dueñas, Iloilo. 

The 49-year-old Joel Labistre of Barangay Bakhaw, Mandurriao district was caught on the strength of an arrest warrant around 1:45 p.m. on Sept. 21, a police report showed.

Police officers served the warrant issued by Judge Rose Edith Togonon of the Regional Trial Court Branch 25. 

Labistre was detained in the lockup cell of the Mandurriao police station, facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

The court recommended a bail bond worth P40,000 for the suspect’s temporary liberty./PN

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