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BY RESEL JOY TIANERO
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ILOILO City – Barangay tanods of Kasing-Kasing, Molo district caught a man sniffing rugby and took him to the Molo police station.
The suspect was 23-year-old Rodel Alba, a trisikad driver.
Around 1 a.m. on Sept. 30, the tanods were alerted by a concerned citizen about Alba.
The suspect initially resisted arrest. He hit the chest of one barangay tanod, the 32-year-old Cesar Jimogaon.
The tanods seized from Alba a plastic bag containing rugby.
According to the tanods, Alba threatened them: “Maka gwa ako, balikan ta kamo.”
Alba later apologized to the tanods.
A few years ago, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency started regulating the sale of toluene-based contact cement (TBCC) or what many simply call rugby.
Toluene, a colorless, flammable and toxic liquid obtained from coal tar or petroleum, is included in Table II of the 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.
According to the Dangerous Drugs Board, TBCC is one of the top three substances among drug abusers.
Repeated exposure to toluene can lead to irreversible damage to the brain and the central nervous system.
PDEA banned the over-the-counter sale of TBCC that does not contain at least five percent mustard oil, an additive that will make rugby unattractive to sniffing addicts because of the obnoxious smell./PN
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