Man mistakenly hands 28 packs of ‘shabu’ to laborer
A SUSPECTED drug courier mistakenly handed 28 small packs believed to contain shabu to a laborer in barangay Maya, Daan Bantayan, northern Cebu, last Sunday afternoon.
Cebu Daily News is withholding the name of the laborer for security reasons.
Police said that based on witnesses’ accounts, Mark Anthony “Mac-Mac” Codilla, resident of the barangay, was at the Maya Wharf at 2:40 p.m. looking for a certain Alex.
Police said Codilla, 21, mistakenly handed a rolled paper to the laborer and left.
Out of curiosity, the laborer opened the rolled paper and was surprised to discover the 28 small packs of suspected shabu.
The laborer immediately reported the incident to the Maya barangay hall.
Article continues after this advertisementMaya barangay captain Ali Abucay coordinated with the Daan Bantayan police station and turned over the suspected drugs.
Article continues after this advertisementPolicemen went to Codilla’s house but he already fled.
Police said they suspected Codilla was in the wharf to transport the shabu to another island.
“Ipadala sa barko. Dili mao nahatagan (He [Codilla] was supposed give to it somebody who would be boarding a boat but he mistakenly handed it to another person),” PO2 Cleo Bohol of the Daan Bantayan police station said./CORRESPONDENT RHEA RUTH V. ROSELL
