‘WOODY ALLEN’ FOUND DEAD
A NAMESAKE of an American actor was found dead inside a room of a pension house in barangay Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City.
Police said the Caucasian-looking man introduced himself as Woody Allen when he checked in at the pension house last Jan. 5.
Investigators will coordinate with US authorities to find out if the man gave his real name since there were no identification cards found in the room, Senior Insp. Zenaido Pastorfide Jr., chief of the homicide section of the Lapu-Lapu City police, said.
Police said the man was supposed to check out yesterday after staying in the pension house for four days.
Staffers of the pension house went to the man’s room but the guest did not respond when they knocked on the door.
Alarmed, the pension house personnel called the police.
Police opened the door but it was double locked.
Police forcibly opened the door and found the foreigner suspended from the ceiling with a nylon rope tied around his neck.
Police said they suspect that the man was already dead since Wednesday.
Police said there were no signs of foul play./CORRESPONDENT NORMAN V. MENDOZA
COUPLE NABBED FOR DRUGS
PACKS of suspected shabu worth at least P50,000 were seized when police arrested a couple in a buy-bust operation in barangay Tangke, Talisay City, southern Cebu.
Police seized 76 packs of suspected illegal drugs from Lamberto Nanoy Rivera and his live-in partner Marivic Abala Padigos.
Police said the couple sold a pack of shabu to a poseur buyer around 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Police monitored the couple for two weeks before the operation was made, Supt. Rodolfo Albotra, Jr., chief of the Provincial Intelligence Branch, said.
Police said couple could sell at least 25 grams of shabu per week./Correspondent Joy Cherry S. Quito