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ANTI-DRUG STING.Drug suspect Vincen Rodriguez, 21, an e-bike driver, kneels in front of around one kilo of suspected shabu worth PHP7.1 million, confiscated from him during a sting operation in the coastal barangay of Pasil in Cebu City on Monday night (Jan. 23, 2023). Cebu City Police Station 6 chief, Major Francis Renz Talosig (standing right, in uniform), said on Tuesday (Jan. 24) that Rodriguez is listed as a regional-level drug personality, according to the police drug database.(Photo contributed by Romeo Marantal) CEBU CITY -A 21-year-old e-bike driver yielded more than a kilo of shabu worth PHP7.1 million when arrested Monday night in an anti-drug sting operation here, a police official said on Tuesday. Major Francis Renz Talosig, chief of the Cebu City police Station 6, identified the suspect as Vincen Rodriguez, a resident of Belgium Street in the coastal village of Suba here, who drove an e-bike as a means of living before he was listed as a regional level drug personality. T
(Photo grabbed from PRO-13 Facebook Page) BUTUAN CITY - A police officer in Caraga Region who is due for promotion tested positive for shabu use, the Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 (Caraga) reported Friday. In a statement, PRO-13 Director Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr. identified the police officer as Chief Master Sergeant (PCMS) Julius Calderon, presently assigned at the city police headquarters. "PCMS Calderon, along with 136 police officers, underwent drug testing at the Regional Crime Laboratory Office 13 on October 12, 2021, for their promotion," Caramat said. He added that Calderon's urine specimen yielded a positive result for the presence of methamphetamine substance, which is associated with shabu use, during screening and confirmatory drug testing. "The subject police officer is now undergoing pre-charge evaluation. The regular drug testing is part of PRO-13's continuing efforts to clean its ranks from scalawags," Caramat said. He added that Caldero