A member of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office who is seeking rank promotion tested positive for use of illegal drugs.

According to Police Captain Edcel Petecio, information officer of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office, the policeman underwent a drug test on October 21, 2025 at the Police Regional Office (PRO) 7, along with other police personnel.

The other police personnel were also applying for promotion at work.

The policeman holds the rank of a police corporal and has aspired to get promoted to police staff sergeant.

Aside from taking an examination, the drug test is among requisites for the promotion.

He is at the police holding and accounting unit of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office, as of posting time, while a case is being prepared against him.

The policeman did not contest the result of the drug test, and admitted of his use of prohibited drugs, according to Petecio.