POLICE FILES

JAIL VISITOR WITH SHABU NABBED

A WOMAN visitor was arrested after she tried to sneak in a pack of suspected shabu into the Cebu City Jail in barangay Kalunasan.

The pack was attached at the back of a Sto. Niño icon kept in her pocket.

It was discoveredwhen Rebecca Areglo, 44, of barangay Ermita , Cebu City was frisked at the women’s searching area by jail officer Gretchen Rames.

The woman was supposed to visit her live-in partner Pepito Maluya, who is detained on a charge of physical injuries.

The couple has two children.

Areglo said her detained partner was the one who made her bring the drugs for him.

Areglo will be charged for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Dangerous Drugs Act./CORRESPONDENT CHITO O. ARAGON

FARMER KILLED IN BARILI

A 56-YEAR-OLD farmer was shot dead by unidentified assailants in barangay Balao, Barili town, southern Cebu.

Claro Tao, a widower, was walking home when he was attacked around 7 p.m. last Wednesday.

Tao was found by his son Constancio slumped on the ground in front of their house.

Police are looking into land dispute as a possible motive for the killing.

Constancio told police that his father had an argument with his uncle Lazaro, 63, and his cousin Lucio, 22, over a parcel of land.

Police said Lucio and his uncle Dioscoro left when barangay tanods arrived in the victim’s house about 45 minutes after the killing./CORRESPONDENT RHEA RUTH V. ROSELL

POLICE FIND FOUL PLAY IN WOMAN’S DEATH

Foul play was found in the death of a retired government worker, who was found lifeless in a rocking chair at home in barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City.

The autopsy report showed that 75-year-old Teresita Nengasca died from hemorrhage in the back of the head, according to Supt. Nestor Sator, medico legal officer.

The woman, a retired employee of PhilHealth, also had bruises in the jaw, check and fractured ribs.

Sator said the woman may have been hit first in the face and head before the assailant hit her chest, causing the ribs to crack.

Police said the assailant appeared familiar with the area because the victim’s dogs didn’t bark.

Senior Insp. Rolando Pinili, chief of the Theft and Robbery Section (TRS) of the Cebu City police, said investigators are still looking for witnesses who could help solve the killing.

Pinili said robbery or revenge are being considered as possible motives.

Nengasca’s body was found by her son about 11 p.m. last Tuesday.

Things inside the victim’s room were in disarray when policemen arrived./CORRESPONDENT CHITO O. ARAGON