Shawarma vendors, jobless man nabbed for illegal drugs

BAGUIO CITY -- Two shawarma vendors and a jobless man here were arrested last week for peddling marijuana including shabu in separate incidents.

            Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency – Cordillera  apprehended the two after they sold marijuana bricks to a narcotics agent who posed as buyer around 7 p.m. last April 19 here at the 7 Eleven Store, Caltex Gas Station, Otek St.

            The confiscated marijuana brick, weighed 248.11 grams and was valued at P6,202.75.

            Nabbed were Mark B. Candelario, 20, of Camiling, Tarlac and resident here at Gaspel Residence, Barangay Pinsao and Shane F. Ferrer, 20 of La Trinidad, Benguet, and resident of Kapangan Central, Kapangan, Benguet and No. 81 Purok 1, Fairview, Baguio.

            Candelario yielded one stainless tooter including marked money.

            A report said when Candelario and Ferrer were brought to the PDEA, anti-narcotic agents noticed they had bloodshot eyes and not responding well to questions.       

            Urine samples taken from the two suspects were allegedly positive for illegal drugs.

            Candelario and Ferrer were charged April 23 before the Office of the City Prosecutor in Baguio for illegal drugs.

            In a separate incident, narcotics agents arrested a jobless man with 23 grams of marijuana in a buy-bust operation here April 19 at Lourdes Grotto.

            Patrick Jeremy S. Quioan, 24, reportedly sold dried marijuana fruiting tops to an undercover agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency – Cordillera around 10:30 p.m. for P2,000.

            Quioan is 24, single, high school undergraduate, native of Baguio City and resident of Marville Subdivision, Irisan, Baguio City.

            Charges for illegal drugs were filed against Quioan at the prosecutor’s office.