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PRESS RELEASE: 564/16 DATE : December 9, 2016 AUTHORITY : ISIDRO S LAPEÑA, PhD, CSEE Director General For more information, comments and suggestions please call: DERRICK ARNOLD C. CARREON, CESE, Director, Public Information Office Tel. No. 929-3244, 927-9702 Loc.131; Cell phone: 09159111585

NORTHERN PRISON GUARD BUSTED FOR SHABU

A prison guard from found himself behind bars after being caught red-handed by combined operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and local police while selling methamphetamine hydrochloride, or shabu, on December 5, 2016.

PDEA Director General Isidro S. Lapeña identified the suspect as Christopher Lim y Handig, 39 years old, married and a resident of Barangay Cataogan, Lavezares, Northern Samar.

Lim is a prison guard assigned to keep watch at the Lao-ang Sub-Provincial Jail, Northern Samar.

At around 4:30 in the afternoon, joint elements of PDEA Regional office 8 (PDEA RO8) under Director Edgar Jubay, Lavezares Municipal Police Station, Municipal Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force (MAIDSOTF), Northern Samar Police Provincial Office-Provincial Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force (NSPPO-PAIDSOTF) and Northern Samar Provincial Public Safety Company (PPSC) arrested Lim following an entrapment operation inside Lavezares Cockpit Arena, Barangay Libas, Lavezares, Northern Samar.

Confiscated during the operation were five plastic sachets of suspected shabu, weighing more or less 0.3125 gram, with an estimated market value of P2,500.

Lim will be facing charges for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs) and Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs), Article II or Republic Act 9165 or The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. He is presently detained at Lavezares Police Station jail facility while waiting for his commitment order. # # #