Construction worker nabbed in Oriental Mindoro buy-bust

CITY OF CALAPAN — A construction worker was arrested in a buy-bust operation Saturday afternoon in Victoria town in Oriental Mindoro province, according to a report from Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan (Mimaropa) police office. Rexcel Rotoni, 27, a resident of Barangay (village) Masipit in this city, was arrested by Victoria police while selling a sachet of suspected shabu (crystal meth) to a poseur buyer for P500 at 1 p.m. in Barangay Antonino. Police also seized two sachets of suspected shabu weighing about 0.220 gram and worth P1,500. The arrested suspect is now under custody of Victoria police while a charge for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act 2002 is being prepared.

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