P160K marijuana confiscated in Sagada drug raid; 7 arrested

By Gina Dizon

 

SAGADA MOUNTAIN PROVINCE-  A sudden drug search operation by elements of the  regional  Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency ( PDEA) here night of October 24 yielded  P160 thousand worth of marijuana leaves and  processed  hashish  discovered in three establishments of this town.

PDEA information officer Emily Fama said dried marijuana leaves and stalks, four bricks of marijuana hashish, two pots of fully grown marijuana plants and drug paraphernalia were discovered in three restaurant establishments in a search operation by PDEA by virtue of separate search warrants issued by Judge MariaTeresa Estoesta of Branch 7 Regional Trial Court of Manila to four resto owners here.

Four  owners/maintainers on food and drinks establishments from Sagada  with three residents of Tinglayan, Kalinga were arrested by PDEA and charged with violation of the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 filed against them for maintenance of a drug den, possession of illegal drugs and paraphernalia before the office of the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office.  

PDEA director Ronald Allan Ricardo said the search operation has taken a long period of surveillance before the raid was undertaken.