2 nabbed in Pasig drug bust

MANILA, Philippines -  Two men were arrested for allegedly selling 200 grams of cocaine for P100,000 in Barangay Ugong, Pasig City yesterday.

Lorenzo David Layug and Renze Bryan Sayarot are pointing to each other as the source of the seized cocaine, according to Superintendent Roque Merdegia, legal officer of the police Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force (AIDSOTF).

He said his men also seized a Mitsubishi Mirage (BDF-133) used by the suspects, a .9mm Taurus automatic pistol found in the driver’s seat, and several sticks of marijuana found in the glove compartment.

Layug and Sayarot, who are being held at the AIDSOTF detention center in Camp Crame, face drug pushing charges.