Drug vendor arrested

A woman faces drug raps following her arrest for possession of several sachets of the illegal drug shabu whose street value was estimated at P3,000.
Suspect Yvonne Carillo Apiag, 36, married and resident of Purok 2, Brgy 76-A, Mabini Boulevard, was arrested at Sharques Inn, Times Beach, last July 12 by a surveillance and detection team of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) who had posed as buyers.
A police report said Apiag delivered three sachets of a crystalline substance believed to be methamphetamine hydrochloride locally (shabu) to Room B of the inn.
Apiag knocked on the door several times, believing the room was occupied. When no one answered, Apiag took from her pocket several sachets of shabu and held them in plain view of the members of the surveillance team waiting in the lobby who thereupon arrested her.
Also recovered from Apiag were one unit of Nokia 2630 cellular phone containing text messages of shabu transactions.
On July 13, police filed  a case against Apiag for violation of Section 11 of the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and docketed under # XI-02-INQ-12-G-01008 before the Regional Trial Court of Davao region. [Jade C. Zaldivar]