KALIBO, Aklan – A ‘habal-habal’ driver was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Malay, Aklan.
He was identified as 25-year-old Christopher Benignos, a police report showed.
Benignos – resident of Barangay Dumlog, Malay – was nabbed after he allegedly sold a sachet of marijuana to an undercover officer around 11 p.m. on July 13.
Confiscated from his possession were two sachets of suspected marijuana leaves, stems and seeds, a cellphone, P362 cash, and drug paraphernalia, police said.
Joint elements of the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Provincial Intelligence Branch and Malay police station staged the entrapment operation.
Benignos was detained and charged with violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (With a report from Akean Forum/PN)