Kitchen crew busted with P9.8-M shabu
Credit to Author: RHEA RUTH ROSELL| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 16:50:16 +0000
A KITCHEN crew of a popular restaurant tagged as a high-value target by the police was arrested with more than P9 million worth of shabu during a buy-bust in Sitio Nazarene, Barangay Tinago in Cebu City at about 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday.
Senior Insp. Joemar Pomarejos, Cebu City Police Station 3 chief, identified the suspect as Leonorman Tabao, 25, who sold P12,000 worth of shabu to a poseur buyer.
Pomarejos said when Tabao noticed that he was transacting with an undercover, he ran towards the second floor of the house where he was renting a room, which led to a chase.
Police found five large packs of shabu on top of Tabao’s bed, weighing about 1.45 kilos estimated at P9.8 million, and a mobile phone.
Pomarejos said Tabao admitted to selling illegal drugs and pointed to his long time friend as his supplier.
Meanwhile, anti-narcotics operatives killed an alleged drug pusher who engaged the police in a firefight during a buy-bust in Barangay Opao, Mandaue City on Tuesday.
Senior Supt. Julian Entoma, city director of the Mandaue City Police Office, said Edilberto Antiligando sold a small pack of shabu to a poseur buyer for P200 in front of his house, about 500 meters away from the main road.
But when Antiligando noticed that he was transacting with a policeman, he pushed the officer and pointed a gun at him, but responding policemen fired shots, hitting the suspect.
Antiligando was hit on the chest and was declared dead on arrival at Mandaue District Hospital. Police seized two more big packs of shabu from Antiligando, estimated at P6,000, and a caliber .9mm firearm.
“We have been looking for him (Antiligando) since 2016 [because he is on our drug watchlist] but he never surrendered,” Entoma added.
The suspect had been transferring from one place to another where he sold illegal drugs in the villages of Mantuyong and Guizo in Mandaue City.
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