10 macho dancers in Lapu bar arrested

CEBU – Agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group have arrested 10 male dancers of a gay bar in Lapu-Lapu City after they caught one of them in the act of showing his genitals to customers.

According to CIDG-7 assistant regional chief Ritchie Medardo Posadas, some of the agents posed as gay customers and witnessed Rod John Padal in the act of dancing nude while taking a shower onstage, and displaying his private parts to female and gay customers past midnight yesterday.

Posadas said an informer had tipped CIDG-7 regional director Guillermo Eleazar of the indecent activities going on inside the Poseidon Entertainment Gay Bar in barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City, which prompted Eleazar to send some of his men to verify the report.

After the CIDG officials confirmed of the nude dancing inside the said bar, Eleazar quickly formed a team headed by Chief Insp. Rogarth Campo to conduct an operation in line with the CIDG’s flagship project Oplan Magdalena.

The team was able to document their operation by taking photographs of the nude male dancer performing in said shower show.

The bar’s manager, Tony Lakandula, was able to escape after he pretended to call his lawyer but then left the establishment and hurriedly boarded a taxicab.

The CIDG agents also arrested the nine other male dancers who will be charged in court for violating Article 201 of the Revised Penal Code or the law penalizing indecent shows. — Rene U. Borromeo/MEEV (THE FREEMAN)