Singer, 2 men nabbed in shabu buy-bust operations

BAGUIO CITY -- Three shabu pushers a bar singer and two men were arrested by regional agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in here two separate buy-bust operations April 7.

Carmina Dizon Atienza, 21, of Angeles City was nabbed at around 3:30 p.m. near the Solibao Restaurant at Burnham Park.

Atienza reportedly sold one sachet of shabu, containing two grams to PDEA agents who posed as buyers.

Atienza claimed she got the shabu from a supplier in Pampanga.

Meanwhile, Alexander Tagano Pido, 27, of Tubod, Lanao Del Norte and resident of Quezon Hill here and Al Mala Macabalang, 21, of Marawi City, Lanao Del Sur and resident of San Luis Village here were apprehended at Malcolm Square at about 5:45 p.m. after they sold a sachet of .09 gram of shabu to a PDEA agent.

Rolls of aluminum foil, used in sniffing shabu, were seized by the operatives from Pido.
Pido had been previously implicated in murder and robbery cases, while Macabalang had been involved in a theft case, the PDEA said.

They pointed to a drug group in Baguio as their source.