A tricycle operator was arrested last Tuesday following a drug bust along MH Del Pilar Street in Hinigaran. Authorities identified the suspect as 42-year-old Arthur Egang Arcolas, a resident of Jacinto Street in the town’s Barangay III.
Hinigaran Municipal Police Station officer-in-charge, Police Major James Latayon, said four heat-sealed sachets of suspected shabu were confiscated from the suspect, along with P2,000 in buy-bust money and cash proceeds amounting to P500.
Arcolas is currently detained at the Hinigaran Municipal Police Station in violation of RA 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./WDJ