Anti-narcotics agents from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Baguio Office arrested yesterday afternoon a member of a local drug group in a buy-bust operation this along Lower Mabini, Baguio City .
Romeo Abucay Tan, alias Hopia, 55 years old, married, member of a local drug group operating in Baguio and Benguet and a resident of Asin Road, Baguio City was cuffed when he sold a heat-sealed sachet containing suspected shabu worth P10,000.00 to an undercover agent.
Authorities confiscated from Tan the buy-bust money used during the illegal drug trade upon his arrest.
He is now detained at the Baguio City Jail while a case for violation of Republic Act Number 9165 or the “Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002” will be filed before the proper authorities.
PDEA Preszs Release
