Actor Cogie Domingo, 32, was arrested in an anti-illegal drug operation this morning.
Local news site Inquirer.net confirmed the arrest with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), who conducted the operation.
PDEA did not disclose what kind of drugs were found when asked by Inquirer.
Domingo was a teen idol in the early 2000s. He began his showbiz career in the early 1990s with the ABS-CBN Network but was most recently seen on the GMA soap opera Someone to Watch Over Me.
In a 2010 interview with Philippine entertainment news site Pep.ph, he was asked to address rumors of drug use, and responded in Filipino, “I never went through a time where I was regularly on drugs. Of course, I’ve tried it before. But you know, I never became dependent or anything, the only bad habit I had before was constantly being late.”
Earlier this month, actor JM De Guzman posted on Instagram about celebrating being drug free for two years.
Last year, another actor and former child star, John Wayne Sace, who was suspected of also using illegal drugs, was almost killed in Pasig City by masked gunmen who shot at him and his friend Erik Sabino. Sace survived the shooting, but Sabino was killed.
