DOH radiologist, trike driver nabbed in Tacloban buy-bust

Shabu. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte — A radiologist of a research center run by the Department of Health in Leyte was arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Eastern Visayas in Barangay Masbaras, Tacloban City, last Sunday.

The suspect was identified as Caesar Jim Obillo, a radiologic technologist of DOH-Schistosomiasis Control and Research Center in Palo, Leyte, and a native of Quinapondan town, Eastern Samar.

He was arrested with trisikad driver Randy Borja, 25, a resident of District 1, Poblacion Jaro town, Leyte.

The two were detained at the PDEA detention facility here to face charges for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Edgar T. Jubay, PDEA-8 director, said two sachets of shabu worth P4,000 and two P500 bills used in the buy bust were recovered from Obillo,  considered a high value target.

He said it took sometime to catch up with Obillo and make a negotiation for a purchase because he moved from one place to another.

Last Sunday, Obillo agreed to meet with an undercover agent of the PDEA. He was accompanied by Borja, who was said to have just started in the drug operation.

After he handed P1,000 worth of shabu, the PDEA agents arrested Obillo and Borja.  SFM/rga