BAGUIO CITY – A barangay kagawad was arrested by combined police operatives and intelligence agents after having found in his possession suspected shabu and other drug paraphernalia during the implementation of a search warrant in his residence at Km. 3, Bakakeng Central, here, Tuesday morning.
Police authorities identified the arrested drug high value target as Prudencio Cornelio Miranda Jr., a Barangay kagawad of Bakakeng Central and a resident of Km. 3, Marcos highway, Bakakeng Central, Baguio City.
Confiscated from his possession by the operating troops by virtue of a search warrant issued by Judge Emmanuel Cacho Rasing of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 3 in Baguio City were six pieces small transparent plastic sachets containing white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu and drug paraphernalia.
The arrested high value target and the confiscated pieces of evidence were brought to the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) headquarters for documentation awaiting the filing of the appropriate charges against him before the city prosecutor’s office.
By Dexter A. See