Drug suspect cries foul

A 34-YEAR-OLD man suspected of peddling drugs was arrested in a buy-bust operation in barangay Bacayan, Cebu City.

Eric Arinque accused the police of planting drugs on him and denied being a level 2 dealer, which is an operator capable of 200 grams of shabu a week

Insp. Jose Gesto, chief of the Talamban Police Station, said Arinque was arrested after he sold a pack of suspected shabu to a poseur-buyer last Monday night.

Five sachets of white powder were seized from his possession.

Arinque denied ownership of the illegal drugs.

Arinque said he and his friends were drinking when police arrived. His friends ran off.

The suspect said he was surprised when police told him that packs of shabu were found in his pocket./Correspondent Fe Marie D. Dumaboc