BONTOC, Mountain
Province – Police and narcotics agents arrested three men here with P2.4
million worth of marijuana at a
checkpoint along the Bontoc-Kalinga Road here at Sitio Cheta, Bontoc Ili
morning of April 21.
A regional
police report identified the arrested: Paolalphiny Canilao Octavio, 20,
student taking up Bachelor of Arts and Communications at Pamantasan ng Lungsod
ng Muntinlupa and resident of Las Vegas Street Putatan, Muntinlupa
City; Jaden Rongavilla Residuo, 20, of Buli, Muntinlupa
City and John Loyd Ocampo Rojales, 21, also of Buli.
Before their
arrest, a concerned citizen reported to the police that the suspects will be
transporting illegal drugs on board a passenger jeep plying the Tinglayan
(Kalinga)-Bontoc route.
The report
said immediately, joint personnel of Bontoc Municipal Police Station and
members of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency – Mt. Province set up a
checkpoint and flagged down said vehicle.
Allegedly
confiscated from the suspects were 18
marijuana bricks and four pieces of marijuana in tubes weighing 20,004
kilos worth P2,4 million, drug paraphernalia, assorted IDs and three cell
phones seized from their backpacks.
Cases for
violation of Republic Act 9165 known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Board
of 2002 was filed against the suspects who are now detained at Bontoc police
station.
“We thank the concerned citizen
for providing us with this valuable and timely information that led to the
arrest of these suspects. Your police force will continuously conduct proactive
operations as we are committed to prevent, if not wipe out the proliferation of
all forms of illegal drugs in the region,” said Brig. Gen. Israel Ephraim
Dickson, Cordillera police director.
Edgar Apalla,
PDEA-CAR regional director, meanwhile said in a phone interview that the
tourists were apprehended after visiting Tinglayan, Kalinga during the Holy
Week.
Apalla said
PDEA personnel and police acted on a tip that the men were carrying marijuana.
Apalla said
that they have been on the lookout for illegal drug activities involving
tourists who take the chance to do illicit acts. He said that in the Cordillera
region, several tourists have been arrested for attempting to sell shabu and
other illegal drugs in urban areas like Baguio City. – With a PNA report
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