SARRAT, Ilocos Norte March 16 – A 34-year old punong barangay was arrested by combined police operatives and anti-narcotics agents after having found in his possession suspected shabu and illegal ammunitions inside his house at sitio Cabuloan, Barangay 21, here, recently.
Police authorities identified the arrested individual as of Mark Lester Doronio 34, the incumbent Punong Barangay of Barangay 21, Sarrat, Ilocos Norte
Confiscated from his possession by the operating troops were six heat sealed sachets containing shabu and one live ammunition of calibre .45 pistol.
The arrested individual and the confiscated pieces of evidence were brought to the Sarrat Municipal Police Station for documentation prior to the filing of the appropriate charges against him before the provincial prosecutor’s office.
By Dexter A. See