CITY OF CALAPAN – A policeman, who went on absence without leave (AWOL) after failing the drug test was arrested in a buy-bust operation in San Jose town in Occidental Mindoro late night Wednesday. Tolentino said operatives collared Viana around 11:45 p.m. during a buy-bust operation in a subdivision located in Barangay Pag-asa. ADVERTISEMENTAlso arrested during the drug bust was suspected drug pusher Desiree Acong, 28, a resident of Malabon City in Metro Manila, authorities said. Police confiscated from the suspects five pieces of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) and drug paraphernalia. “He (Viana) went on AWOL on April 16 after the conduct of Random Drug Test on April 13, sensing that the result will turn out to be positive.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 10, 2018 00:22 UTC