It was a pretty brilliant strategy. Or maybe not.
A local official in Makati City who was actively helping the police in their fight against drugs was arrested after he sold “shabu” or methamphetamine hydrochloride for PHP1500 to a police officer who posed as a buyer.
Th 51-year-old councilman at Barangay East Rembo, Makati was even using a government vehicle when he was caught red-handed.
Insp. Jeson Vigilla of the Makati City Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) said that three packets of shabu along with the marked money were recovered from the councilman, who also protected other drug users in the area.
Vigilla says that the councilman joined the tokhang operations as a “front to protect his status.”
Tokhang is a nationwide campaign, where police officers knock on the homes of suspected drug users to ask them to surrender.
“Our operatives were able to get a referral. Considering that this is an elected official, we really checked the information and it was positive,” Vigilla told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
The suspect will be charged with illegal possession and sale of drugs.
