LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Combined police operatives and anti-narcotics agents successfully arrested two drug personalities and seized over P967,000 worth of illegal drugs during the implementation of a one-day anti-illegal drug operations in the different parts of the Cordillera last Monday.
In Benguet, a total of 4,750 pieces of Fully Grown Marijuana Plants with a Standard Drug Price (SDP) of P950,000.00 were discovered during the marijuana eradication operations conducted by the joint operatives from the different units of Benguet Police Provincial Office (PPO), Regional Intelligence Division (RID) of PRO-CAR, Regional Intelligence Unit 14 (RIU-14), and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-CAR in Barangay Kayapa, Bakun and Barangay Tacadang, Kibungan.
All the discovered marijuana plants were documented, uprooted, and burned on-site, with enough samples taken for submission to the Regional Forensic Unit-CAR.
Meanwhile, in Abra, a buy-bust launched by joint operatives from the different units of Abra PPO, RID of PRO-CAR, PDEA-CAR, Regional Mobile Force Battalion 15 (RMFB15), RIU-14, and PNP Drug Enforcement Group-Special Operations Unit in Brgy. Bangcagan, Bucay, led to the arrest of a 62-year-old drug personality.
The suspect was arrested after he sold one sachet containing suspected shabu weighing approximately 0.23 grams with an SDP of P1,564.00 to an operative who acted as a poseur buyer. Moreover, during his arrest, another four sachets containing suspected shabu weighing approximately 1.5 grams with a total SDP of P10,200.00 were recovered from his possession.
Additionally, in Apayao, a 42-year-old male was arrested during a search warrant execution carried out by operatives from the Apayao PPO, RID of PRO-CAR, RMFB15, and PDEA-Apayao. Operatives seized one sachet of suspected shabu weighing about 0.8 grams, valued at P5,540.00, along with another sachet containing white crystalline residue suspected to be shabu, from the suspect’s residence in Barangay Alem, Pudtol.
Both suspects and the confiscated evidence were turned over to the appropriate operating units for documentation and further processing. The individuals face charges under Republic Act 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. By Dexter A. See
