CITY OF CALAPAN — A suspected drug pusher was arrested after a chase in a buy-bust operation Saturday morning in this city.
Report said personnel from Calapan City police, Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Mimaropa arrested Mario Lanot, 53, a resident of Gloria town in Oriental Mindoro, at about 7 a.m. in Barangay (village) San Rafael.
Lanot sold a plastic sachet containing suspected shabu (crystal meth) to a poseur buyer, the report said.
But prior to the arrest, the suspect, who was on board a Toyota Hi-Ace Commuter, sensed that he was transacting with a police officer and hurriedly drove away, prompting a “long cha…
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