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POLICE FILES

08:25 AM May 11, 2012

POLICE FILES

PDEA IN LAPU-LAPU

Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza requested the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Central Visayas to install a satellite office in their city to help solve the rampant illegal drug trade last Wednesday.

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Radaza said the Lapu-Lapu Police Office could not address the city’s drug problems alone and would need the PDEA-7 agents to augment the city’s police force.

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Also, the mayor called for a random drug testing on city policemen and City Hall employees.

Last year, five City Hall employees were terminated for testing positive for drugs./Correspondent Fe Marie D. Dumaboc

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BOY HANGS DEAD

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A 15-year-old boy was found hanging dead inside their house in sitio Lupot, barangay Tomijao, Daanbantayan town, northern Cebu, last Wednesday.

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A nylon rope was tied around the neck of Neil John Pepito with the other end tied on the roof beam when he was discovered by his brother Rogen past 5 p.m.

Police said Neil John skipped lunch after his mother Ginda whipped him with a bamboo stick around noon. He and his younger sister fought over who should do the laundry.

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Neil John was brought to a hospital but did not make it alive.

Police said there was no foul play on Neil John’s death./ REPORTER RHEA RUTH V. ROSELL

DRUG BUST

A suspected drug pusher was arrested by police in barangay Lorega, Cebu City,  during a buy-bust operation Wednesday night.

Police said 20 packs of suspected shabu were recovered from the possession of Joven Dequitos after  he sold a pack to a police poseur buyer.

Police said they conducted a surveillance in the area after they received a tip of rampant illegal drug trade.

Aside from Dequitos, eight other persons, including a minor, were arrested after they were caught  sniffing suspected shabu inside drug den.

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They were later identified as Adora Soco Tapales, Nino Singson Pafecon, Joseph Megabonaballe, Reynante De La Torre Rodriguez, Oliver Apanes Reyes, Jay Brizo Ugsang, a certain Junjun and  a minor./correspondent chito aragon

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