Former sexy actor nabbed for shabu

MANILA, Philippines–A 39-year-old former sexy actor was caught in possession of illegal drugs after Quezon City policemen flagged him down for driving without a helmet in Cubao, police said Monday.

Laurence Mendres (screen name Anton Bernardo), a resident of New York Mansion on Annapolis Street in Barangay (village) E. Rodriguez, was‎ found hiding aluminum foil strips and sachets containing shabu (metamphetamine hydrchloride) in a black pen case.

Mendres was flagged down during a checkpoint at the corner of Main Avenue and 7th Avenue in Barangay (village) Socorro early Sunday, according to the report of Superintendent Wilson delos Santos, Cubao Police Station commander‎.

Police frisked Mendres and found the black case containing the heat-sealed plastic sachet labeled “SC/LM1,” three pieces of strip rolled aluminum foil marked as “SC/LM2,” two pieces of strip rolled aluminum foil used as pipe marked as “SC/LM3” and “SC/LM4,” and thin strip aluminum foil with traces of shabu marked as “SC/LM5.”

Mendres was put under police custody.

Before trying his luck in Japan for two years, Mendres played sexy roles in films including “Patikim ng Pinya” in 1996 with Rosanna Roces and “Torotot” in 2008 with Maricar de Mesa.

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