Marijuana plants destroyed in plantation; 4 drug nabbed

CAMP BADO DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet -- More illegal drug offenders were arrested while marijuana plants were destroyed last week in Abra and Benguet.

Senior Supt.Benjaim B. Lusad, Abra police director said that four individuals, one  a minor were arrested by Bangued town police August 9.

In barangay Calaba, Bangued, Dexter Bisares  Oreili, 28, and a minor, both residents of Barangay Baac, Langiden town were arrested after the suspects were flagged down in a police checkpoint. Sacheta believed to be “shabu” was seized at the gas tank of the motorcycle.

In barangay Ubbog, Bangued, Abra, a 26-year old tricycle driver identified as Renier Belleza,Romero, of barangay Cabuloan, Bangued, Abra and alleged buyer of illegal drugs and Adrian Barbosa Beralde, 33, and a resident of barangay Angad, Bangued, Abra were arrested after they were chased by the police. Two sachets believed to contain “shabu” were seized from Romero.

In Benguet, 4,480 pieces of fully grown marijuana plants with a Dangerous Drug Board value of P 896,000.00 were uprooted and destroyed after a tipster informed responding law enforcers of the presence of marijuana plants in Sitio Ewa-Bokes, Sagpat, Kibungan, Benguet Sunday morning.

Benguet and Kibungan police uprooted the marijuana plants in a land area of 1,120 square meters and later burned the illegal hemp on site.

The team tried to locate the cultivators but no person was apprehended during the eradication.