ILOILO City – In Barangay Jalandoni Estate, Lapuz district, a trisikad driver had been arrested for drug sale and possession.
The 31-year-old Reymond Delos Reyes had been detained at the La Paz police station.
A police report stated that the pedicab driver sold a sachet of suspected shabu to a police poseur buyer for P1,100.
Seven sachets of the same substance were recovered from the left pocket of his pants during a search.
Charges for violation of sections 5 (selling) and 11 (possession) of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 may be filed against Delos Reyes.
Officers from the La Paz police station staged the operation at around 7:35 p.m. Monday./PN