By BEN SERRANO
Correspondent
BUTUAN City–The police officer arrested during a raid at an alleged drug den in Barangay Ong Yiu here over a week ago tested positive for substance abuse, and is now facing multiple administrative and criminal charges, authorities said over the weekend.
Butuan police director Senior Supt. Francisco Dungo said the suspect, SPO1 Elmer dela Torre, would be charged with going AWOL, malversation of public property because he did not surrender a government-issued 9 mm pistol, illegal forearm possession, violation of the election gun ban, and violation of illegal drugs law.
Dungo confirmed that dela Torre tested positive for drug abuse.
Dela Torre, 41, was arrested by the police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents during the Jan. 24 raid in the suspected drug den belonging to Agnes Almaden, 52, in Purok 9, Barangay Ong Yiu. Almaden and two other women–Rosalie Arriola, 39, of Villa Costa Subdivision, Libertad, and Julie Gomez, 52, of Purok 6, Balbarino Subdivision, Barangay Holy Redeemer here–were arrested with dela Torre.
Dungo said authorities found the pistol hidden in the motorcycle of dela Torre.
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