Man Scolded Over Face Mask Arrested After Illegal Drug Caught in Possession
Police authorities arrested a man after an illegal drug allegedly fell from his face mask after being scolded for not wearing it while in public.
Mark Gregory Mendoza, 36, a resident of Brgy. Eastwood, Quezon City Police District (QCPD), was arrested by the Eastwood Police Station (PS-12) of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD). Quezon City’s Bagumbayan. When the police officers noticed the suspect, they were conducting an anti-criminality operation.
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They were approaching the suspect, according to the report, to chastise him for not wearing a face mask and smoking in a public place in Obrero Street, Brgy. Bagumbayan. Mendoza, on the other hand, fled when he noticed the cops.
Authorities in the region, on the other hand, cornered him. The guy reportedly dropped two grams of shabu worth P13,600 when the cops inspected his face mask.
The suspect is being held on suspicion of breaking the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act, City Ordinance No. Smoking in Public Places, SP-1515 Series of 2020, and City Ordinance No. SP-2957 Series of 2020 against him for not wearing a Face Mask. Meanwhile, anti-narcotics agents in Taguig City seized nine kilos of shabu worth P61.2 million.
Drug Enforcement Group (DEG) operatives from the Philippine National Police (PNP) detained three drug suspects in Barangay Sta. Ana. The accused reportedly sold a bag of shabu to a police officer who posed as a customer, according to DEG director Brig. Gen. Remus Medina.
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