Businessman nabbed with shabu, hashish

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- A 28-year old businessman engaged dealing lard and eggs was reportedly caught red-handed with shabu and marijuana hashish when agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency operatives entrapped him here at Windy Hill, Barangay Buyagan.

Christopher B. “Bojo” Patiag of Binalonan, Pangasinan, and resident of Camp Dangwa in this capital town was arrested in an anti-drug buy-bust operation at around 12:30 after midnight Nov. 23, said a PDEA report.

Patiag allegedly sold .06 gram of shabu in one heat-sealed plastic sachet for P1,500 to a PDEA agent of PDEA.

Patiag also yielded marijuana hashish contained valued at P275.00.

A Sniper 135 H/C model Yamaha motorcycle which Patiag used for the deal was seized as evidence against him.

Criminal cases for illegal drugs were set to be filed in court against the suspect.

Patiao’s residence and shop are located just a few meters away across the main gate of the Cordillera regional police headquarters, PDEA agents said.

His illegal drug customers, at times, allegedly would go buy the stuff from him directly at his residence, where they also use the illicit drug right there and then.

Patiao allegedly supplies illegal drugs mostly to students, specifically gang members and party girls.

They reportedly order the illegal drugs from him online, then meet later at a nightspot for the exchange.

Further investigations revealed his illegal drug turf stretches from the Nevada Square in Baguio City to Windy Hill.