BAGUIO CITY – A 17-year old minor was arrested by combined police operatives and anti-narcotics agents after having found in his possession suspected illegal drugs during a buy bust operation at Purok 14 Cypress, here, recently.
Senior Superintendent George D. Daskeo, City Director of the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO), declined to divulge the identity of the arrested drug suspect but described as a male minor, 17, native of Balani, Calasiao, Pangasinan and presently residing at UP Village, Cypress, Irisan, Baguio City.
Confiscated from his possession by the arresting team were 3 pieces of heat sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu weighing approximately 1.2 grams; one piece of P500.00 used as buy bust money; one piece Nokia Cellular phone and assorted drug paraphernalia.
The arrested minor was turned over to the City Social Welfare and Development Office while the confiscated pieces of evidence were brought to the PNP crime laboratory for qualitative tests.
By Dexter A. See