Level 2 pusher falls in Tejero

CEBU, Philippines - A level two drug pusher was arrested at his house in Villagonzalo 2, Barangay Tejero, Cebu City yesterday dawn.

Jesus “Tito” Dequitos, 57, a resident of the place, was arrested following a search of his residence that yielded a box containing 10 medium packs of white crystalline substance, which were later found to be shabu.

Authorities applied for a search warrant from the court following numerous complaints from residents in the barangay. The Movement Against Drugs hotline of the Cebu City Police Office logged the complaints.

The search warrant was issued by Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Soliver Peras and was served by elements of the Cebu City Police Office Intelligence Branch headed by Chief Insp. Romeo Santander.

“Dugay na gyud ni namo siyang gi-obserbahan kay dugay naman sad ni siya sa target list sa pulis,” Santander said.

He said Dequitos and his daughter were arrested previously in 2009 for selling illegal drugs.

“Nadakpan na sila sa before, but I do not know what happened nganong nakagawas sila kay wala paman ko ato,” Santander said. 

Dequitos has allegedly been operating for years. In the past, he was subject of complaints from parishioners of the Blessed Sacrament Church after his customers, who were reportedly taxi drivers, allegedly parked their taxi units at the church’s parking area to buy the drug from him there.

The box containing the packs of shabu was found at Dequitos’ room.

The seized contrabands are equivalent to a pack of shabu which costs around P35, 000. The police also recovered cash totaling P38,040 from various areas inside the suspect’s house, which police believe to be his earnings.

Dequitos did not resist arrest, but denied owning the packets of shabu.

He is currently detained at the CCPO detention cell while awaiting the formal filing of charges against him. — (FREEMAN)