POLICE FILES

DRUG COURIER NABBED

A 28-YEAR-OLD man said he didn’t know what was inside the newspaper wrapper until he was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in barangay Mabolo, Cebu City, last Wednesday night.

Police said they seized 25 grams of suspected shabu from Sowaib Magondacan Sultan.

Sultan said he was paid P1,000 to deliver something wrapped in a newspaper but didn’t know what was inside.

Senior Supt. Patrocinio Comendador said Sultan was just a courier and that the drugs had a street value of P150,000.  CORRESPONDENT GABRIEL C. BONJOC

EX-INMATE STABS MAN

A 40-YEAR-OLD man was stabbed and wounded by an ex-inmate in barangay Talaga, Argao town, south Cebu.

Police said Jimmy Bayon was watching television in a friend’s house around 8 p.m. last Wednesday when the suspect Jonas Gelbolingo, 52, arrived and stabbed him with a kitchen knife.

Bayon sustained stab wounds in the buttocks and body. He was brought to the Isidro Quintanar Memorial Hospital.

The suspect was later arrested and was detained at the Argao police station.

Personal grudges was the motive in the attack, said police. Police said Gelbolingo was upset at Bayon due to reports that the victim had a relationship with the suspect’s married sister.

Police said Gelbolingo, who will be charged with homicide, was previously jailed for a homicide case but was released on parole in 2006. CORRESPONDENT RHEA RUTH V. ROSELL