KIBUGAN, Benguet April 30 – A 33-year old farmer who is an alleged high value target was arrested while over P7.2 million worth of marijuana were burned and destroyed on site by combined police operatives and anti-narcotics agents in remote villages of the municipality recently.
Police authorities described the arrested high value target as a 33-year old male who was arrested in a drug bus bust operation in barangay Madaymen.
The suspect sold one heat sealed plastic transparent sachet weighing 1.08 grams to an operative who acted as a poseur buyer, while another plastic sachet weighing 5.08 grams was confiscated from his possession.
The arrested suspect and the confiscated illegal drugs weighing more or less 6.16 grams with a total Standard Drug Price (SDP) of P41,888.00 were brought to PDEU for proper documentation and disposition, while charges for violation of R.A. 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, is being filed against the suspect.
In a related development, anti-illegal drugs operatives of Benguet PPO burned 60,000 grams of dried marijuana stalks with fruiting tops with an SDP of P7,200,000.00 which they discovered in Sitio Batadang, Tacadang, Kibungan while on a marijuana eradication operation.
As of press time, operatives are conducting a thorough investigation to identify possible marijuana cultivators, while continuous information operations on the anti-illegal drugs campaign of the PNP and community engagement are being conducted. By Dexter A. See