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Speeding motorist allegedly found with ‘ice’
A speeding motorist was arrested in Gualo Rai after methamphetamine or “ice” was allegedly found in his vehicle Sunday midnight.
According to police detective Jeffrey I. Norita, Juan Delos Reyes Tydingco, 39, confessed that he was given the 1.5 gross grams of “ice” to sell for $270 by a male Chinese.
His bail was set at $20,000 cash. Preliminary hearing is on Dec. 3, 2015 at 9am.
Assistant public defender Cindy Nesbit was appointed as counsel for Tydingco.
Norita stated in his report that a police sergeant was conducting speed enforcement along Middle Road when his laser speed device tracked a northbound Toyota Corolla with license plate ACH-169 traveling 50 miles per hour near Springs Plaza in Gualo Rai.
The police sergeant chased the car, which then stopped on the shoulder of the road across BEQ Building.
The officer found that the driver was Tydingco, who was with a woman.
Tydingco identified himself as “Paul” and told the officer that he did not have his driver’s license and that the car belonged to a friend.
During a consent search of the car, the officer found two baggies that contained “ice” hidden inside the air-conditioning vent.
At first, Tydingco denied owning the baggies of “ice,” but later confessed that it was given to him so he could sell it.
The female companion told police that the “ice” belonged to Tydingco, who panicked during the violator stop and handed it to her to hide it.
The woman said she hid the baggies in the vent and that Tydingco lied to the officer that his name is “Paul.”
Police said the substance tested presumptive positive for “ice.”
Assistant attorney general Barbara Cepeda appeared for the government at the hearing.
