A former member of the New People's Army (NPA) who had once served as vice-mayor of Batuan town was arrested Tuesday morning, allegedly in possession of P3.7 million worth of shabu, by operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Former Batuan, Bohol Vice Mayor Jaime Ingles Decasa was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Poblacion Dos, this city, at around 9 a.m. NBI operatives seized from Decasa 14 big packs of shabu, including a .45-caliber pistol and live ammunitions. The NBI team, led by Edgardo Baldemos, also arrested Wilberto Jomamel and Mijamie Castro who were caught allegedly repacking shabu. From Tagbilaran City, NBI agents brought Decasa and his two other companions to the agency's regional office in Cebu City.

Decasa's shabu was considered the biggest contraband seized in Bohol by the authorities this year. Decasa, who had been under surveillance by the NBI for months, was arrested on the day the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC-7) and the Bohol Provincial Peace and Order Council held their joint meeting here. The suspect's wife, Maribella Decasa, serves as Commission on Elections (Comelec) head of Baclayon town. After “severing” his involvement with the NPA movement, Decasa served as Batuan's second highest official for several years. His surrender to the military in the late 1990s, when First District Rep. Rene Relampagos was governor of Bohol, was among the top headlines of that year.

A Bol-anon army colonel, Macario Bernasor Jr. (now retired), who was then assigned in Samar, was largely instrumental to Decasa's return to the arms of the Philippine government. During his surrender, Decasa granted print journalist Ven C. Arigo an exclusive access to his life and story, which saw print in the Bohol Chronicle. Arigo interviewed Decasa when the latter was under the custody of the Philippine Army. From Bohol, the then rebel returnee was shipped to Camp Aguinaldo for sake-keeping purposes.