Pangasinan high school teacher, 2 others arrested for allegedly selling shabu

PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo Cacdac Jr. Photo from https://www.pnp.gov.ph

MANILA, Philippines—A 58-year-old public high school teacher and two others were arrested in Pangasinan allegedly for selling 8 grams of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, or “shabu” to an undercover agent, a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency official said Tuesday.

In a belated report, PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo Cacdac Jr. identified the suspects as Salvacion Rabadon, Ronald “Onad” Lopez, 38, and Maria Cristina Mendez, 27.

Rabadon is a high school teacher in Los Ciente High School in Bolinao, Pangasinan, Cacdac said.

The official said the three were apprehended last June 13 after they handed over four plastic sachets of shabu to a PDEA agent on Pag-asa Street.

“Upon receiving the pre-arranged signal from the poseur-buyer, agents of the PDEA Regional Office 1 (PDEA RO1) Pangasinan Sector Special Enforcement Team under Director Jeoffrey Tacio immediately arrested the suspects,” Cacdac said.

The suspects will be charged with violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs) and Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs), Article II of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.