Trike driver arrested for marijuana, shabu in Mayantoc, Tarlac
ADVERTISEMENT Mayantoc, Tarlac - - Small towns now target of drug suppliers? By: Central Luzon News Center This question came as this town’s police arrested a tricycle driver possessing marijuana and shabu at a check point in Barangay Rotrottooc on July 12, 2017 (Wednesday). In his report to Tarlac Police Provincial Director Ritchie Medardo Posadas, PInsp Romulo Quibuyen identified the apprehended trike driver as Roderick Arpa y Castro, 47, of Barangay Malacampa, Camiling, Tarlac. Quibuyen disclosed Arpa was apprehended after he tried to evade a police check point and was found in possession of 3 sachets of shabu and 2 sachet of marijuana. “For the past several months, we have no known drug pusher here until we arrested him (Arpa) in our checkpoint. We are now re-assessing the situation to determine if other pushers have infiltrated our municipality”, said Quibuyen. This town is a “remote but a very peaceful 3rd class municipality” lying in the hinterlands of the Zambales Mountain Ra...