'Teacher by day, pusher by night' nabbed in Laguna buy-bust op

A public elementary school teacher, who has been moonlighting as a drug peddler, has been arrested in a buy-bust operation in Sta. Cruz, Laguna.

According to John Consulta's report on "24 Oras," the Laguna police recovered sixteen sachets of shabu from the suspect John Paul Costa.

Investigation showed that Costa would buy drugs from Bay before selling them in Sta. Cruz.

"After niya po sa school magturo, then sa gabi, ang modus niya po is magbenta po ng pinagbabawal na droga," said Police Major Gabriel Unay, chief of the Sta. Cruz Police.

"Nakakalungkot isipin talaga na public school teacher, which is tinuturuan niya po is elementary students, then sa gabi, 'yun po yung nagiging trabaho niya. Parang teacher by day, pusher by night," he added.

The suspect left a message for his students.

"Sa lahat ng mga naging estudyante ko, pasensya na kayo at bigla akong nawala," Costa said.

"Ito ako, nakakulong sa isang pagkakamali na sana kapulutan niyo ng aral," he added. —Sherylin Untalan/NB, GMA Integrated News