DCWD worker busted

PLANTILLA worker of the Davao City Water District (DCWD) was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Buhangin on Friday night.

Maj. Roy Mateo, the Buhangin Police Station commander, identified the suspect as Rephon Carlos Gallego, 34, a resident of Gravahan, Matina.

The DCWD employee was is included in the watchlist of the directorate for intelligence of the Davao City Police Office.

Mateo said Gallego was arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Buhangin police along Father Selga Street, near the University of Immaculate Conception (UIC) in Bankerohan, around 9 p.m. on Friday.

An undercover officer who acted as buyer was able to purchase P2,000 worth of shabu. Three more sachets containing shabu were seized.