AWOL cop, brother caught in the act in Quezon City drug session

MANILA, Philippines—A policeman on AWOL and his younger brother were arrested and brought to jail on Saturday (June 29) after they were caught using crystal meth, or shabu, in a house at Barangay San Isidro, Quezon City on Saturday (June 29).

The Quezon City police, in a report, identified the policeman on AWOL (absence without leave) as Cpl. Ramiro Estacio, 47, and his brother as Crisanto Estacio, 35.

The Galas police station was tipped off by a concerned citizen about a drug session on No. 11 Liberation Street in San Isidro around 5 a.m.

The elder Estacio had been assigned to the Manila Police District in 1997 and transferred in 2011 to the Quezon City police’s Project 4 station when he went on AWOL. His younger brother was on the Galas police station’s drug watchlist. (Editor: Tony Bergonia)