Drug groups disbanded with arrest of their ‘lords’

BAGUIO CITY -- Two drug groups were recently disbanded flowing arrest of its members by operatives of the regional Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency headed by Cordillera PDEA Gil Cesario P. Castro.

A PDEA report said Bernardo C. Oliveros, 36, the so-called drug lord of Baguio City, and leader of the Oliveros drug group was recently nabbed.

A notorious and long-existing drug group in Baguio, affiliated closely with the Bahala Na gang, was also deemed deactivated, when one of its members was recently sentenced to life term; two others got busted and currently undergoing trial in court; one died lately of shabu overdose, reportedly; while, still, another member is now paralytic due to alleged abuse of drugs.

The report said during Castro’s first three months as regional director, from June 24 to Sept. 21, a total of P7,414,279.25 worth of dangerous drugs was seized by PDEA, Philippine National Police and other peace and order units in the Cordillera.

P5 million of the total ‘yield’ were in the form of marijuana plants, hashish and shabu.

The illegal drugs were nabbed in 25 anti-drug operations, which involved 14 buy-busts or entrapments, eight searches and marijuana eradication drive.

Operations resulted in the arrest of 28 pushers and three possessors of dangerous drugs.
Also, 29 were men and two are women.

Two of the arrested drug law violators were in target list of drug personalities.

A total of 19 drug cases were filed against the suspects before different courts in the Cordillera.