Police nab public school teacher in Laguna for drug pushing

Police on Monday night arrested a public school teacher in a drugs buy-bust operation in Nagcarlan, Laguna.

Police identified the suspect as Ryan Colico, a teacher at the Calauan Central Elementary School in Nagcarlan town.

Colico was arrested in front of his house in Barangay Sinipian at around 11 p.m.

Police said the suspect was caught in the act of selling shabu to a poseur-buyer.

The operation was conducted against the suspect based on a complaint by a school official against Colico's involvement in illegal drugs.

Police said the teacher yielded five sachets of shabu during the operation. —report from Jun De Roma/ALG, GMA News