The driver of Dauis Mayor Roman “Amoi” Bullen was arrested by the Panglao Municipal Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit on June 13 for selling suspected drugs.
Police Major Andie Corpus, chief of the Panglao Municipal Police Station, identified the suspect as Joey Atacador, 32, a job order casual employee of the Local Government Unit of Dauis. Atacador is from Molicay, Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental, and lives in Purok 7, Tinago, Dauis, Bohol.
Corpus said that Atacador was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion, Panglao.
He was caught selling 10 grams of suspected shabu, with a standard drug price of P68,000.00.
Atacador has been the driver of Mayor Bullen since the mayor took office on July 1, 2022.
Corpus said that Atacador was identified as a Street Level Individual (SLI) drug watchlist in the Panglao Municipal Police Station.
The Panglao Police is set to charge Atacador with violation of Section 5 and Section 11, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Mayor Bullen has not yet released a statement on the arrest of his driver.