‘Drug peddler’ who escaped Capiz shabu bust nabbed in Iloilo City

By Jennifer P. Rendon

A suspected drug peddler who is on the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Capiz’s target list was arrested early morning of Nov 3, 2022 in Iloilo City.

Vincent Halican, a vendor from Barangay Dangula, Dumarao, Capiz, was nabbed inside the Iloilo Terminal Market at City Proper district, Iloilo City around 3:54 a.m. on Thursday.

Members of the Dumarao Municipal Police Station, together with operatives from PDEA Capiz and Iloilo, 2nd Capiz Provincial Mobile Force Company, and the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO), arrested the suspect for violation of Section 5, Article II of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002) docketed under Criminal Case No. C-20-2086-03.

Judge Rommel Leonor of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 21 in Mambusao, Capiz issued the arrest warrant on Sept. 30, 2020.

No bail was recommended for his temporary liberty.

The suspect evaded arrest when he was subjected to a buy-bust operation in January 2020 at Barangay San Miguel, Dumalag, Capiz.

When he noticed that he was dealing with a police poseur buyer, Halican pushed the operative, boarded his motorcycle, and fled.

Following his arrest in Iloilo City, the suspect is now in the custody of Dumarao PNP.