BACOLOD CITY – Another job-order casual government employee was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Silay City, Negros Occidental after his illegal activity was reported by his wife to the police on Thursday, May 9.
A JOB-order casual government employee was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, May 9. (Photo courtesy of Silay City Police Station)
Police Lt. Col. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief, said the 55-year-old suspect was working as a street sweeper in the city for about two years. He said the suspect was nabbed in Barangay Mambulac.
The suspect allegedly mauled his wife and children if he is “high” or used illegal drugs, Darroca added.
Police seized from the suspect, a high-value individual, three grams of suspected shabu worth P20,400.
Darroca said the suspect was the fifth government worker in the city arrested in a drug bust.
A 37-year-old job-order casual government employee assigned as a watchman in a public school was apprehended on Wednesday, May 8.