Road mishap yields ‘shabu’, gun

BACOLOD City – From a traffic accident involving a motorcycle and a tricycle, members of the Pontevedra municipal police station in Negros Occidental recovered suspected shabu and a gun from one of the drivers.

The driver in question was Carl Angelo Santiso, 18, of Barangay 1-Poblacion, Pontevedra. His motorcycle had a collision with the tricycle driven by Allan Ontal, 36, of San Enrique, Negros Occidental at about 6 p.m. on May 16.

Both men agreed to file a report with the Pontevedra police station.

At the police station, they were requested to show pertinent vehicle documents.

As Santiso was getting his identification card from his belt bag, a small heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet fell to the ground.  The cops became suspicious.

Santiso’s belt bag was checked, and cops discovered two heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets with suspected shabu weighing 5.2 grams.

Two .38 caliber cartridges and a .38 pen gun were also recovered from Santiso.

The suspect faces charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act.

He was detained at the police station./PN

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