Couple arrested in Lapu drug bust

CEBU, Philippines - A couple was arrested during a buy-bust operation after they sold illegal drugs to a poseur buyer last Tuesday evening in Sitio Ibabao in Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City.

Police said that at first the subject of their buy-bust operation was a certain "Noel" who was the first one to transact business from a police poseur buyer sent by the City Intelligence Branch of the Mandaue City Police Office. The transaction was agreed be done in Barangay Looc, Mandaue City.

However, the transaction was then moved to Sitio Ibabao in Barangay Agus. It was Noel's parents Letecia Brade, 42, and her husband Nestor Brade who sold one small piece of shabu to the buyer in exchange of P500.

Noel Brade, 22, who witnessed the transaction done by his parents, was quick to elude arrest after sensing that it was an entrapment operation, according to police.

The couple were then put under arrest and the police recovered from their possession another 17 small packs of shabu and the P500 marked money.

Both suspects are now detained at the Subangdaku Police Station pending the filing of appropriate charges against them. (FREEMAN)