Dinagat Island local finds 2 bricks of suspected cocaine along shoreline
SURIGAO CITY—Two bricks of suspected cocaine wrapped in a transparent cellophane and placed in a black rubberized bag had been turned over by village officials to Libjo town police in the province of Dinagat Island at 7:10 on Sunday, the Caraga regional police reported.
Jack Llamera, barangay chair of Libjo town’s Quezon village, said the item was found by Felix C. Miasco, a resident of Quezon, who found it while walking along the beach at 6 p.m. on Sunday. Initial testing revealed that it was cocaine.
Investigators said Miasco was walking along the beach when he noticed a rubberized bag. He looked inside and saw the transparent cellophane wrappings of two bricks suspected to be cocaine.
He immediately turned over the item to the barangay chair who later turned it over to the police. /jpv
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