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BY GLENN VIDAL BEUP
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Friday, May 19, 2017
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ROXAS City – Five people were arrested in an antidrug police operation in a hotel on Arnaldo Boulevard. One of them claimed to be a grandson of Mayor Leodegario Labao of Mambusao, Capiz.
Kim Kristian Labao, 18, of Barangay Bato-bato, Mambusao, Capiz was one of those Drug Enforcement Unit officers of the city police caught in a “pot session” in a room of La Hacienda Grand Hotel.
Roxas City residents Gemma Mae Calinao, 24, and Reynate Alvarez, 37, of Barangay Bago; Renz Vidal, 21, of Barangay 11; and Regienald Prisco, 18, of Barangay Tanque were arrested, too, on May 17.
Operatives led by Senior Inspector Efren Yuing seized seven sealed plastic packs and three opened plastic packs of suspected shabu, two improvised tooters, two folded aluminum foils, three disposable lighters, a pair of scissors, two cell phones, and a pouch.
Labao claimed that Mayor Labao and his grandfather were siblings.
He further claimed using the prohibited drug for the first time. Calinao influenced him, he said.
Yuing said they held a test buy on Calinao, who was already caught a few months ago for alleged violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act but whose case was dismissed by the local prosecutor.
This reporter sent Leodegario Labao a text message to verify the claim of one of the suspects but the mayor has not yet replied as of press time.
All the suspects were detained at the Roxas City police station./PN
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