Tanjay City, Negros Oriental, police filed illegal drug possession charges Monday against the driver of a car that fell into a roadside ditch at around 8 a.m. Sunday in Tabla, Tanjay.

Supt. Ernesto Tagle, Tanjay police chief, identified the suspect as Paul Montenegro, 44, of Bais City, Negros Oriental, who is now detained at the police station after his discharge from the Silliman University Medical Center in Dumaguete City.

Preliminary investigation was held at the City Fiscal’s Office yesterday afternoon, but Tagle said he believes that the complaint against Montenegro could be dismissed, as a concerned citizen, who was among those who responded to the car accident, declined to stand as police witness.

The “Good Samaritan”, whom Tagle identified as Dionard Zerna, told the police that it was in good faith that he returned the personal belongings of Montenegro.

Montenegro had lost consciousness in the accident, and the police who conducted an inventory of his personal belongings, found a pouch inside a black bag that contained suspected shabu, weighing more than one gram, and two grams of dried marijuana leaves, Tagle said.

He added that the suspected shabu has an estimated street value of P40,000 to P50,000, and the marijuana at P500.*JFP

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