ORMOC CITY-A newly identified drug suspect was arrested by the Station Drug Enforcement Team (SDET) at about 5:14 pm in Barangay Marvel, Isabel, Leyte.
Police Major Luis Hatton, OIC-chief of police, identified the suspect as Alger Rojas, also known as “Aging,” 49, married, unemployed, and a resident of Marvel.
Rojas is listed as a street-level individual on the SDET’s drug watch list.
Recovered from the suspect during the October 29 operation was a sachet containing a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu, purchased by an undercover operative for P1,000.
During a body search, conducted in the presence of law-mandated witnesses, officers found three additional sachets of suspected shabu concealed within a folded 1/8-sized bond paper, along with a marked P1,000 bill used for the operation.
The Isabel SDET estimated the total recovered illegal drugs to weigh 0.532 grams, with an approximate street value of P3,617.60.
Rojas was informed of the reason for his arrest and advised of his constitutional rights in a language he understood.
Charges for violations of Section 5 (sale of illegal drugs) and Section 11 (possession of illegal drugs) under Article II of Republic Act 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, have been filed at the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office in Ormoc City.
The suspect is currently detained at the Isabel Municipal Police Station.
(ROBERT DEJON)
