BACOLOD City – A 28-year-old man was caught in possession of a deadly weapon and suspected illegal drug, a police report showed.
Police arrested Lifranco Leyes of Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Negros Occidental at the parking area of a mall at the Reclamation Area in this capital city on Saturday.
Officers from Police Station 1 were patrolling the area when they spotted Leyes, the police report stated.
Seized from him were a “bladed weapon” and “a small sachet of suspected shabu,” police said.
Leyes was detained in the custodial facility of Police Station 1.
He faces charges for possession of a deadly weapon and illegal drug, police said.
The Commission on Elections is currently imposing a firearms ban in view of the upcoming barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.
Deadly weapons like knives and other bladed tools are covered by the prohibition./PN
