Delivery rider caught with ₱3.4-M shabu

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has advised courier service firms to observe extra caution in hiring delivery riders following the arrest of a delivery rider who yielded some ₱3.4 million worth of shabu in Caloocan City.

PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar said courier service firms must scrutinize their applicants thoroughly since their company would end up in bad light and be dragged into the distribution of illegal drugs in the country.

“We are reminding the delivery and courier service companies to scrutinize the applicants in their companies in order to ensure that their companies will not be exploited in illegal activities,” said Eleazar.

Reports reaching his office indicate that suspect Arturo Dela Cruz Jr., 38, a delivery rider, of Navotas City, was arrested during the operation conducted last Saturday (Oct. 23) in front of a fast food chain along Loreto St., Barangay 84 in Caloocan City.

Authorities were able to confiscate 500 grams of suspected shabu, worth P3.4 million from the suspect, as well as a P1,000 bill used as buy-bust money and some boodle money.

Eleazar tasked the local police to conduct a follow-up investigation to determine the extent of Del Cruz’s operations and his possible affiliation with an illegal drug syndicate.

The suspect is in the custody of PDEA III office while the complaint of violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 against him is being readied.