Three men were arrested yesterday for drug possession after cops overheard one of them bragging about the amount of methamphetamine he had just purchased. This is what’s known as being “not a good criminal.”
The men were arrested on the corner of F. Muñoz and Zobel Roxas streets in Malate. According to GMA News, the police found two sachets of suspected shabu (meth) on Abel Umugtong, Eugenio Salanova, and Paul Villanueva.
Umugtong and Salanova turned out to be barangay (village) officials (oops!). If that wasn’t enough, Salanova was also wearing an orange shirt with the words “Manila Anti-Drug Use Summit volunteer 2016” printed on one side when he was arrested.
According to RMN, the three men allegedly used the official barangay patrol vehicle when they went out to purchase the shabu.
In an interview on the GMA show Balitanghali, Senior Inspector Edwin Fuggan, deputy chief of the Manila Police District said: “When we were surveying the area, we heard one of them bragging. [We heard one of them say] ‘How come he has less drugs, but I have more?'”
Adds Fuggan: “We approached them and said, ‘Hey, that’s shabu.'”
Villanueva and Umugtong admitted that they bought the meth, but Salanova denied the crime.
Authorities are currently looking for their drug supplier.
