Ex-policeman, 2 others nabbed in drug bust

By Raymund Catindig

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan — A dismissed policeman, his cohort and a village councilman were arrested after peddling drugs to poseur buyers in Nueva Ecija and Isabela provinces Monday.

Ex-police officer Jaypee Perez and his aide, Rey-an Bergonia, allegedly handed the buyer four plastic sachets of shabu in Barangay San Mariano, San Antonio town in Nueva Ecija.

Chief Supt. Amador Corpus, Central Luzon police director, said Perez is included in the high-value target list. 

In Isabela’s San Isidro town, Barangay Quezon councilman Joel Lapitan was also caught after allegedly selling a sachet of shabu during a sting operation.

Senior Inspector Reynaldo Junio, town police chief, said Lapitan surrendered during the Oplan Tokhang in 2016 but returned to peddling drugs before winning in the May 14 polls as councilor of Barangay Doña Paulina.