2 suspects arrested in Calapan City after selling sachet of meth to undercover agent

CITY OF CALAPAN—Two drug suspects were arrested in a buy-bust operation in the city by police and anti-drug agents on Monday (March 8).

Kevin Metrio, 25, and John Cyrus Evangelio, 27, were arrested by the Calapan City Drug Enforcement Team and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) past 1 p.m. at the village of Biga, according to a report of the Calapan police.

The report said an uncercover agent was able to buy a packet of shabu, or crystal meth, from the two suspects.

Seized from them were nine more packets of meth weighing less than a gram and worth around P5,000.

The suspects are now in police custody.

Also on Monday, a laborer wanted for acts of lasciviousness was arrested by police at the village of Camilmil, also in the city.

Ambrosio Pinohermoso, 47, was arrested by at least four police units, including the city police force, serving a warrant issued by Judge Anna Mae Abucayon, of the Fourth Judicial Region, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Calapan City.

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