Man collared in drug buy-bust

Police arrested a  man who was allegedly involved in selling illegal drugs in barangay Pulangbato, Cebu City.

Police said Elmer Legaspi, 36, was arrested after selling a pack of suspected shabu to a poseur buyer for P300.

Legaspi  denied that a buy-bust occurred.

He said he was just picked up by police while he was on his way to San Fernando town where he works as a caretaker of land.

Legaspi admitted being a drug user but not a drug pusher.

He  disowned the three packs of white crystalline substance that   police said they recovered after frisking him.

Senior Insp. Eunil Avergonzado, chief of the City Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operation Task Force, said a police asset met Legaspi yesterday for a drug transaction.

Avergonzado said Legaspi even divulged the name of his financier.

Legaspi was detained pending the filing og charges against him./CORRESPONDENT CHITO O. ARAGON