Police files

MISSING EAR

A 17-YEAR-OLD boy was found dead inside a house that the family used to occupy in  Moalboal town yesterday.

Nestor dela Torre Jr. was lying on the floor with head injuries and a missing ear when he was found by his mother.

The boy was last seen going to town with two  friends  to watch  activities for the upcoming fiesta celebration.

Police said his mother got worried when he didn’t come home, and looked for him at their former residence.

She found him on the floor bloodied.

Police have invited the victim’s companions for  questioning. /Correspondent Gabriel C. Bonjoc

LAPU FIRE

At least eight houses, including shanties, were destroyed by a fire that hit barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City, Monday night.

No one was injured in the fire. Property damage was placed at  P15,000,  said SFO1 Jovani Dañosos.

Police said a store owner in the area mentioned that  a trisikad driver earlier threatened to burn the house of Nelia Adorable, one of the fire victims,   after she confronted him about his stepping  on her roof while extracting tuba from a coconut tree.

The incident is still under investigation, said police. /Correspondent NORMAN V. MENDOZA

DRUG BUST

AGENTS of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Cordova town on Monday.

Geronimo Rapada was arrested after he sold two packs of suspected shabu to a PDEA agent worth P500.

Police said at least 25 grams of  shabu with a street value of P115, 000  were   also found on Rapada, who had been  under surveillance for two weeks.

Rapada said the drugs were planted by the agents.

He had  been jailed for using illegal drugs last November. /Correspondent Chito Aragon

ROBBERY GROUP

The Police Regional Office of the Central Visayas said they monitored the presence of the  Mindanao-based robbery group that victimized a forwarding company in Mandaue City last month.

Sr. Supt. Rey Lyndon Lawas of PRO-7 urged the public, especially banks and financial institutions,  to be vigilant as the group could be spotting for their next victims. /Correspondent Chito Aragon