By Edwin Iyo,
Correspondent
Gingoog City — A public school teacher was arrested during a buy-bust operation at Barangay 24 here Saturday afternoon.
However, it was learned that the teacher was released hours after the arrest.
Gingoog Chief of police Supt. Roel Lami-ing confirmed that among the drug suspects arrested during a buy-bust was a public school teacher identified as a certain Loreto B. Demetillo, Jr. of Purok 2 Barangay San Juan, this city.
Demitillo, who is the secondary school teacher at the Gingoog City Comprehensive National High School, was arrested by police along with a certain Ricky de los Santos Jamolin of Purok 1 Barangay 26, and the target of the operation, Albert Olaco of Purok 5 Barangay 24.
Both Demetillo and Jamolin were in the house of Olaco when the buy-bust operation was conducted said Lami-ing.
Initial investigation revealed that Demitillo and Jamolin were visitors of Olaco whose house has been suspected to be a drug den in the barangay.
In an interview inside the mini cell at the police station on Sunday, Olaco admitted that his house has been used for shabu sessions.
“Pero wala na sila’y labot, ako lang na sila mga bisita,” said Olaco.
The authorities were convinced and released Demetillo and Jamolin from their custody.
“Arun pagsiguro gipa drug test una sila ayha gi release,” Lami-ing said.
Confiscated from Olaco were one sachet of suspectd shabu bought in the buy-bust, two sachets of suspected shabu inside the house, one P500 bill used as marked money, and other shabu paraphernalia.
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