ORMOC CITY — A barangay chief was arrested on Tuesday morning after packs of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) were allegedly recovered during a raid on her house on Mabini Street, Ormoc City, Leyte. But Josela Dumaguit, District 4 chair, claimed that the big plastic sachet and a medium-sized sachet which contained shabu were planted by members of of the City Drug Enforcement Unit of the Ormoc City Police Office. A complaint for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act was being readied against the suspect, who was detained at Ormoc Police Station 1. The raid was conducted with a search warrant issued by Judge Girlie Borrel-Yu of the Regional Trial Court Branch 35. During the search, the police found the shabu inside the room of Dumaguit’s daughter, Marjorie.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 28, 2017 17:48 UTC