Motorcycle taxi rider nabbed for allegedly selling shabu to passengers

A motorcycle taxi rider was arrested for allegedly selling illegal drugs in Batasan, Quezon City.

According to Nico Waje’s report on 24 Oras Weekend, suspect Christopher Rivera was nabbed in a buy-bust operation on Thursday.

The Quezon City Police District said Rivera works as a middleman wherein he would take his customers to the drug supplier.

“Magkikita muna silang dalawa tapos yung pera dadalhin doon sa area kung saan dapat magkita sa bandang Caloocan. Pagkakita roon kukunin lang yung pera tapos following day na ide-deliver, pero yung suspek na ang magde-deliver sa tao,” said a Police Captain Glenn Gonzales, Chief, QCPD-Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU).

(The two of them will meet first and then the money will be brought to the area where they would meet in Caloocan. During the meet-up, payment would be made but the delivery would be on the following day, but the suspect will deliver it to the client.)

Authorities confiscated 25 grams of suspected shabu worth P175,000 from the suspect.

Police said most of Rivera's customers were several drug pushers from Barangay Commonwealth and Batasan.

QCPD-SDEU said a former colleague of Rivera said the suspect was trying to recruit him to return to the narcotics trade.

“Yung confidential informant namin e dati niya ring tauhan. Kumbaga isa rin yun sa nagtutulak dito sa Batasan pero nagbago na. Ngayon inaalok ulit siya nung suspek natin na magtulak ulit kaya lang tao na natin siya,” said Police Captain Glenn Gonzales.

(Our confidential informant used to be one of his accomplices. He used to peddle drugs in Batasan, but he has changed. Now he is being offered by the suspect to sell drugs again but he is now on our side.)

Rivera however denied the allegations facing him.

“Pagdating ko po hinuli na lang po ako. Driver po ako ng ano e ng habal po e service ko sana, yung ano nagpapahatid po lagi yun sa Caloocan e. Hindi ko po alam na may ganoon na po,” Rivera said.

(When I arrived they just arrested me. I'm just a motorcycle rider, I was about to fetch a customer who I always take to Caloocan, and I didn't know there was something going on.)

Police said Rivera was previously arrested for illegal drugs.—Sherylin Untalan/RF, GMA Integrated News