Isabela drug ring chief arrested; shabu seized

SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela -- Anti-narcotics agents arrested the leader of a drug ring operating in Isabela during the serving of search warrants, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said on Wednesday.

PDEA director general Arturo Cacdac Jr. said Roderick Dela Cruz, 31, leader of the Dela Cruz Drug Group, of SitioQuirat, Barangay Rizal, Santiago City was nabbed last Oct. 21

Cacdac said Dela Cruz is ranked Number 9 in the agency’s target list of drug personalities in Santiago City.

Reports showed that agents of PDEA Regional Office 2 and the National Bureau of Investigation Cagayan Valley Regional Office, served the warrant against Dela Cruz in his residence which he used as a drug den in Barangay Rizal.

Cacdac said the operatives recovered 10 pieces of transparent plastic sachets of shabu and assorted drug paraphernalia.

               

Operatives also arrested inside Dela Cruz's house Carlo Corpuz, 35; Modesto Cajas Jr., 41; and Tristan de Leon, 26, who were all reportedly caught sniffing shabu.