2 DRUG-PEDDLING TRIKE DRIVERS, LABORER NABBED IN CABANATUAN STING

BY KEVIN GALANG

TWO tricycle drivers and a construction worker on Monday were arrested while over P400,000 worth of shabu was seized in a drug buy-bust operation in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija.

In a report to Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen. Jose Hidalgo Jr., the Cabanatuan police identified the arrested suspects as Francis Antonio, 47, a construction worker residing in Bgy. Bantug Norte;  Rene Boy Rombawa, 39, a tricycle driver and a resident of Bgy. Lourdes; and Joel Alipio, 38, also a trike driver and a resident of Bgy. Mayapyap Norte.

Joint personnel of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit Cabanatuan City police and the Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office-Police Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit conducted an entrapment in Purok 2, Bgy. Bantug Norte.

The suspects were nabbed after they handed over  some 70 grams of shabu worth  P476,000 to a police poseur. 

Charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 were filed against the arrested suspects.