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CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela — A 39-year-old head of a barangay here wanted for murder was arrested after he allegedly yielded shabu and a gun during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Cabiseria 14-16 on Sunday evening, police said on Monday.
Joseph Uy, barangay captain of Santa Isabel Sur here, was caught in possession of a sachet of shabu worth P6,800 and a 9 mm pistol with nine bullets, according to Cpt. Noralyn Andal, Ilagan City police spokesman.
Uy also yielded the P6,000 boodle buy-bust money.
Prior to the arrest, Uy has been under surveillance following reports of his drug-dealing activities.
He was previously placed under drug rehabilitation in February 2015 until August 2016 before he was eventually cleared later.
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On Jan. 14 this year, Uy was arrested after shooting a villager identified as Reynaldo Terrenal after they argued over a personal matter.
He was indicted for frustrated murder but was allowed bail earlier. However, Terrenal died after two days, and the case was upgraded into murder, which required a regular filing.
