POLICE arrested a barangay kagawad (village councilor) in an anti-illegal operation in Mulanay town in Quezon province.
The Quezon police said in a report that anti-illegal drugs operatives, armed with a search warrant issued on April 4 by Judge Maria Chona Pulgar-Navarro of the Regional Trial Court in Gumaca town, swooped down around 3.30pm on the house of Marvin Rejano, 43, a councilor in Barangay Butanyog on Friday.
Police arrested Rejano after they found a sachet of shabu (crystal meth) with a street value of P16,320 (RM1,315) during the raid. The police tagged the suspect as a “high-value” target in the government’s war against illegal drugs. Rejano is under police custody and will face a complaint for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Meanwhile, in Camarines Sur province, authorities arrested two suspected drug personalities and recovered P33,500 (RM2,700) worth of shabu (crystal meth) in separate buy-bust operations, in Baao towne. — Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
