Drug charges filed vs. high school teacher, lady pusher, 2 others

Charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 have been filed against four personalities considered as high-value targets following their arrest in separate drug bust operations last week. A 38-year old woman and a public school teacher are among the four persons arrested by anti-narcotics operatives in a series of entrapment operations in Leyte, Southern Leyte and Samar provinces recently. Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8) director PCSupt. Elmer R. Soria said the lady suspect identified as Lilibeth Paciencia, 38, of Brgy. Magbagacay, St. Bernard in Southern Leyte was nabbed in a sting operation in said village.

“She was arrested by a police team led by PSInsp. Ariel Nuñez after selling one heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance suspected to be “shabu” to an undercover cop who acted as poseur-buyer,” the police official informed.

After the arrest, lawmen also recovered from Paciencia’s possession the P500-bill used as buy-bust money and P240 cash in different denomination. In Leyte, joint elements of Regional Special Operations Group (RSOG8) under PSInsp. Dinvir Revita and Dulag Municipal Police Station led by PSInsp. Alberto Renomeron, Jr. nabbed one Ruel Congzon, a public school teacher of Dulag National High School, during a buy-bust operation in Brgy Buntay, Dulag town. Seized from the suspect was one sachet of suspected “shabu” with an estimated street value of P500 and the P500 marked money. Meanwhile in Calbayog City, Samar, a police team led by PSInsp. Aaron Raemon Elago arrested two persons – Danilo Cano, 36 and Reynaldo Singanohon, 41 – in a buybust operation at Purok 2, Brgy. Matobato.

Confiscated from their possession and control were two heated-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance suspected to be “shabu”, the P500-bill with serial number BS640735, two mobile phones and one unit Honda XRM motorcycle allegedly used in their illegal activities. The suspects are temporarily detained at the station lock-up cells of arresting police units while confiscated items were brought to the Regional Crime Laboratory Office 8 for examination, Soria disclosed.