ICE WORKER KILLED AT TABOAN MARKET
AN ice plant worker was shot dead by an unidentified assailants in the Taboan public market in Cebu City.
Ruel Dandan, 38, died on the spot from a gunshot wound in the head.
No clear motive was established yet by the police.
Police said Dandan was breaking a block of ice when two men on a motorcycle arrived.
The two men approached Dandan and suddenly shot him.
The assailants drove off after the attack. CORRESPONDENT CHITO O. ARAGON
2 COUSINS NABBED FOR DRUGS
A 32-YEAR-OLD woman and her 17-year-old cousin were arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in barangay Poblacion, Argao town, southern Cebu.
Riza Comaling and the boy were arrested outside the town’s public market last Wednesday night.
Police said Comaling was arrested after handing a pack of suspected shabu to a poseur buyer.
The boy was the one who accepted P500 in marked money, said police.
Police said seven sachets of suspected shabu worth P3,500 and P200 cash were seized from the woman’s possession.
A red Yamaha Crypton motorcycle with plate number YT-7428 boarded by two cousins were also seized by police.
The two were detained at the Argao police station while waiting for the filing of charges against them.
Insp. Alejandro Batobalonos, chief of the Argao police, said the Department of Social Welfare and Development, has given them the go signal to charge the boy.
A background check revealed that Comaling has been allegedly involved in selling of illegal drugs for more than a year, said Batobalonos. CORRESPONDENT RHEA RUTH V. ROSELL