A Korean tourist was arrested for possession of cocaine in a motel in Lapu-Lapu City.
Jungmin Park, 28, was detained at the Lapu-Lapu City police precinct pending the filing of a charge for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act.
Police said Park admitted he was a cocaine user and that he hired a motorcycle driver who brought him to barangay Pasil in Cebu City where he bought a sachet of cocaine for P2,000
Park arrived in Lapu-Lapu City from Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 4 on a tourist visa.
A team of the City Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Group went to the motel in barangay Pajo about 12:30 a.m. yesterday after receiving a tip that a foreigner was seen using cocaine, said Insp. Glenn Hife.
When the policemen arrived, they saw the Korean in the driveway of the motel.
Hife said they approached the Korean and introduced themselves as policemen but Park ran off.
Policemen chased Park and subdued him. When they frisked him, a small sachet of cocaine was found in his possession. /WITH INQUIRER AND CORRESPONDENT CARINE M. ASUTILLA