Drug pusher’ nabbed with shabu, bullets

TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- A resident was nabbed with eight sachets of shabu and ten Cal. 22 bullets during a buy-bust operation at about 6 p.m. July 16 here close to the Universal Grains Center at Purok 3, Bulanao Norte.

Police identified the suspect as Froilan Gapuz Boguen alias “Rouie,” 42, married, 2nd year college, farmer, native of Besao, Mountain Province and resident of Dagupan Centro, Tabuk, Kalinga.

Joint anti-narcotic operatives from the regional Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Kalinga Special Enforcement Team, Kalinga Police Provincial Office and Tabuk Municipal Police Station apprehended Boguen after he sold two shabu sachets to a PDEA agent who acted as poseur-buyer.

When Boguen was searched, he yielded six more sachets of the dangerous drug; bullets; marked, four pieces of P500 peso bills buy-bust money and the Nokia cellular phone he utilized to facilitate the illegal drug transaction.

The seized sachets of shabu, entirely weighing 0.90 gram, have an overall street value of approximately P12,600.

These were immediately submitted to the Philippine National Police Regional Crime Laboratory Office – 2 in Camp Adduru, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.

Meanwhile, the pieces of non-drug evidence confiscated from Boguen will remain under the custody of the PDEA – Cordillera Kalinga SET.

Cases for illegal drugs will be filed against him.