BAGUIO CITY – A member of a local drug group and a drug surrender were arrested in a buy-bust operation orchestrated by agents from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Cordillera early last night along Camdas Subdivision, Baguio City.
Eden Vincent Duyan Rapanut alias Vince, 40 years old, member of a local drug group and a resident of Camdas Subdivision, Baguio City was arrested together with Koren Olsim Agusdan alias Batsoy, 39 years old, native of Buguias, Benguet and resident of La Trinidad, Benguet when they sold a heat-sealed transparent sachet containing suspected shabu to an anti-narcotics agent of PDEA-CAR.
Upon arrest, the suspects yielded the buy-bust money and another sachet containing suspected shabu.
They are now temporarily detained at the PDEA-CAR jail facility pending the filing of cases for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs) and Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs), Article II of Republic Act Number 9165 also known as the “Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002”.
By Dexter A. See