Retired cop arrested
PDEA-10 tags SPO4 Vilbar as `drug dealer’ with linkages to the Parojinogs
ANTI-narcotics agents have pressed drugs, illegal possession of guns and explosives charges against a retired police officer with alleged Parojinog ties, Wednesday, August 15.
Charged before the provincial prosecutors office was retired Senior Police Officer 4 (SPO4) Ruben Vilbar, 57, resident of Poblacion, Lugait, Misamis Oriental.
Vilbar was arrested by the agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Northern Mindanao (PDEA-10) and the police inside his house on Tuesday, August 14, by virtue of a search warrant.
Authorities seized 11 sachets of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, known as shabu, weighing about
50 grams and worth around P340,000.
Also confiscated were a caliber 45 pistol, 38 caliber revolver and several assorted ammunition of different calibers, and a rifle grenade.
Vilbar was placed number 14 target drug personality in the region.
The PDEA-Northern Mindanao said his residence is just 30 meters away from the Lugait High School which is an aggravating circumstance under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act (RA 9165).
The drug suspect was reported to be one of the trusted cohorts of Ozamis City councilor Ricardo ‘Ardot’ Parojinog who was frequently seen visiting his house.
Parojinog was already detained for illegal possession of firearms, illegal possession of explosives and murder charges.