By Benjamin Chavez
KAWIT, Cavite—Police in this town, shifting to high gear in their operation against illegal drugs in their area, have arrested a seamen for alleged drug pushing.
PO1 Joneth Atienza Onrubia identified the suspect as Frederick Octavo, 44 years old, a married seaman and resident of Barangay Tabon 3 here.
Police said they received a phone call from an informant that rampant drug selling was going on the house of one merely identified as Japlin.
Police led by SPO1 Jaspher Paul Aspiras dashed to the area, resulting in the arrest of Octavo, from whose possession police said five unsealed transparent plastic sachets.
The sachets contained white crystalline residue suspected to be shabu and an improvised glass tube tooter containing suspected shabu residue.
The seized pieces of evidence were submitted to Cavite PNP Crime Laboratory Office, Imus City, Cavite for chemical examination, while the police filed a criminal case against the suspect with the prosecutor’s office.