Woman visiting jailed partner yields drugs

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — A woman visiting her live-in partner in jail here also ended up behind bars after she yielded suspected shabu during a search, police said Monday.

Senior Supt. Rolando Bade identified the suspect as Roseamar Gariando, 28, of Barangay 54-A Magallanes, Tacloban City.

Bade said Gariando was about to visit her live-in partner, Rolando Ramento, who was detained at the Custodial Facility for a drug-related case, when the duty officer conducted a search on Roseamar’s personal belongings.

During the search, the duty officer discovered a small heat-sealed transparent sachet containing suspected shabu. It was hidden inside a blue short pants which was to be delivered to Ramento.

The suspected drugs have been turned over to the Regional Crime Laboratory Office for qualitative and quantitative analysis. CBB/rga