Drug suspect in P72 million shabu haul, family missing?

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — A drug suspect believed to be behind a P72-million shabu haul in Negros Occidental last week, his wife and two children were reportedly taken by armed men at their residence in Calatrava town.

Ronnie Recomo, alias Potot; his wife Cherryl and their children were snatched on Monday last week, a sister of Recomo said yesterday.

Lorna Alburo asked why authorities are accusing her brother-in-law, saying he and his family members had been missing since two days before the drug sting.

Police said the shabu haul in Barangay Palampas in San Carlos was the biggest not only in Negros Occidental but also in the entire Western Visayas.

Dave Garcia, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Western Visayas spokesman, insisted that Recomo along with his alleged cohorts Armando Paracuelles and wife Jocelyn managed to escape during the drug bust.

Garcia said they are not aware of the reported kidnapping of Recomo and his family.

“I don’t understand why we are being questioned by their relatives... They should ask themselves why a member of their family was present during a drug transaction,” he said.

Meanwhile, in Laguna, Angelo Sabido was killed when he allegedly fired at anti-narcotics agents in Barangay Tagapo, Sta. Rosa on Sunday.

In Baguio City, garbage collectors found the body of a man stuffed in a garbage bag near a barangay hall along Lower Magsaysay Avenue in Baguio City on Sunday. 

The victim bore multiple stab wounds and a piece of paper which read Akyat Bahay, Mando and who’s next.

A sling bag which contained a lighter, two P5 and three P1 coins and a black wallet with four Malaysian ringgit, 2,000 Indonesian rupiah and 10 Indian rupees were also found in the garbage bag.  

In Bulacan, two suspected robbers were killed in an alleged shootout with police officers who responded to reports that two men took a car battery in Barangay Cutcot, Pulilan. – With Ed Amoroso, Artemio Dumlao, Raymund Catindig, Ramon Efren Lazaro