Swiss national, 2 others nabbed for alleged drug possession, peddling

MANILA, Philippines — A Swiss national and his two cohorts were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Caloocan City on Monday night.

A report from Caloocan police station Tuesday identified the Swiss man as Roger Walker, 50, who is also known as alias “Kano.”

Walker’s accomplices were identified as Regina Tambaque, 46, and Regina Walker, 50, alias “Bek.”

The arrest came after an undercover law enforcer bought shabu from the suspects at Walker’s house in Reparo Street, Bagong Barrio, Barangay 155 at 9:30 p.m.

Tambaque was accosted after police caught her using shabu with an improvised plastic tube pipe during the buy-bust operation.

Seized were two disposable lighters, aluminum foil, marked money worth P200, and plastic sachets of suspected shabu.

Suspects and pieces of evidence were brought to Caloocan police station’s Drug Enforcement Unit while appropriate charges are being readied against them. /je