4 drug suspects nabbed in Cordillera
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Combined police operatives and anti-narcotics agents arrested four drug personalities and confiscated from them more than P17 million worth of illegal drugs in separate anti-illegal drug operations in the different parts of the region from May 20 to 26.
Police authorities said that of the four arrested suspects, two were high-value individuals, while the other two were street-level individuals. The four are now facing charges for violating Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
The two drug suspects were arrested by the Kalinga Police Provincial Office (PPO) personnel. The Baguio City Police Office and Benguet PPO arrested one each.
The operatives found 8.82 grams of shabu and 7 grams of dried marijuana leaves with fruiting tops with a total standard drug price of P60,816.
During the same week, 12 marijuana eradication operations were conducted in the provinces of Benguet and Kalinga that resulted in the discovery of 26,945 pieces of fully grown marijuana plants, 1,500 pieces of marijuana seedlings and 102,000 grams of dried marijuana leaves with fruiting tops, with an overall standard drug price of P17,689,000.
All seized marijuana plants were incinerated after proper documentation, and ongoing efforts are in place to identify other marijuana plantation sites and their cultivators.
The Police Regional Office-Cordillera authorities continue to carry out community visits and information campaigns to reinforce the anti-illegal drugs initiatives of the Philippine National Police.