COTABATO CITY – Police agents arrested a school teacher during a drug buy-bust operation in President Quirino town of Sultan Kudarat province, the regional police office reported Monday morning.
Lt. Col. Lino Capellan, the spokesperson of Police Regional Office-12, identified the arrested suspect as Edgar Allan L. Asug, 51, of neighboring Barangay Kalawag 2 in Isulan town, Sultan Kudarat.
“The suspect was caught in the act selling one medium-sized sachet of suspected shabu to a poseur-buyer at Barangay Poblacion in President Quirino town,” Capellan said.
A subsequent body search on the suspect yielded another sachet of shabu weighing one gram, a PHP1,000 bill, two disposable lighters, mobile phone, identification cards, and the marked money.
“The arresting officers later found out that Asug is a teacher by profession,” Capellan said.
Charges for violation of RA 1965 otherwise known as the “Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 are being readied against the teacher. (PNA)
