Former FHM model nabbed for ‘shabu’

Charlene Mecayer

FROM  MODEL TO SUSPECT Charlene Mecayer, a 24-year-old former model for FHM, amen’s magazine, is presented to the media by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Thursday following her arrest the day before in a buy-bust operation in Taytay, Rizal. Charges of violation of Sections 5, 11 and 12 of Article II of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002 will be filed against her. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested on Wednesday two women, including a former FHM magazine model, in buy-bust operations at an apartment in Taytay, Rizal, and in front of a drug store in Pasay City.

Charlene Mecayer, 24, who used to model for the men’s magazine, was caught in her apartment in Taytay around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday with P68,000 worth of “shabu” (crystal meth) and ecstasy tablets valued at P4,500.

Six hours later, PDEA agents arrested Emily Dudley in front of a drug store on Edsa in Barangay Malibay, Pasay City.

According to PDEA officer in charge Gregorio Pimentel, the 60-year-old Dudley yielded some 50 grams of shabu worth around P340,000.

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