LUBUAGAN, Kalinga – Three suspected drug couriers were arest5ed by combined police operatives and anti-narcotics agents after having found to be in possession of more than P4.3 million worth of marijuana in a checkpoint at barangay Dangoy, here, recently.
Police Col. Freddie Lasona, Provincial Director of the Kalinga Provincial Police Office, said the arrested suspected drug couriers are residents of Valenzuela City.
He claimed that the three were on board a vehicle and tried to evade the established checkpoint at sitio Dinacan, barangay Dangoy but the police operatives were able to corner them in the said area.
Upon inspection of their vehicle, the operatives discovered that it contained marijuana products consisting of 35 bricks of dried marijuana and one piece of dried marijuana in tubular form weighing more or less 36 kilograms with a total Standard Drug Price amounting to P4,320,000.00.
The inventory was conducted onsite in the presence of the suspects and witnessed by DOJ Representative, Mr. Kelvin Owek; Barangay Kawagad of Brgy Dangoy, Mr. Botsie Pilaked; and media representative Hermenegilda Chico.
The arrested suspects and the confiscated pieces of evidence were brought to the custody of Lubuagan MPS for proper disposition while charges for violation of RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 are being prepared against the suspects. By Dexter A. See