BAGUIO CITY – A 24-year old man was arrested by combined police operatives and anti-narcotics agents after having found in his possession suspected shabu and other illegal drug paraphernalia during a buy bust operation along Padre Burgos St., here, Monday morning.
Senior Superintendent George D. Daskeo, City Director of the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO), identified the arrested drug suspect as Jomar Mayos Derpo, 24, unemployed and presently residing at Kaligayahan Hill, Purok 3 Asin Road, Baguio City.
Confiscated from his possession by the operating troops were 1 piece heat sealed transparent sachet containing white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu; 1 piece heat sealed transparent sachet containing white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu; 1 piece P 500.00 with serial number QC792605 bill used as buy bust money subscribed by Prosecutor Josie Peralta and 1 piece Samsung Duos cellphone with color gray and white.
The arrested individual and the confiscated pieces of evidence were brought to the BCPO Station No. 2 headquarters for documentation prior to the filing of appropriate charges against him.
By Dexter A. See