By Bismarck Bengwayan
DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan – Fifteen persons
were arrested here Oct 30 when lawmen raided five houses used as illegal drug
dens at SitioAling, Barangay Pantal.
The raiding tream included personnel of
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office 1, PDEA Cordillera, Criminal
Investigation and Detection Group Dagupan, Dagupan City Police Station and
Pangasinan Police Provincial Police Office.
They implemented search warrants issued by
Judge Caridad V. Galvez of Regional Trial Court Branch 43, Dagupan city,
Pangasinan which led to confiscation of 86 sachets of shabu weighing15
grams and valued at P35,000 including drug paraphernalia and drug money.
House owners Arvin Siapo, Dimas Garcia
and Manilyn Santos were arrested as 53 sachets of shabu were found within their
household. Dimas would be charged for
maintenance of drug den which is penalized by life imprisonment with a fine of
500,000 to P10 million as provided under Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Six alleged drug users who were arrested
namely Mark Carino, Nilo Malasan, Jony Achivida, Cielo Siapo, Nelson Tagulao
and RoniePugal were also reportedly caught red handed with illegal drugs in the
house of Dimas.
If found guilty the six would be facing jail
time not less than 12 years and would be
fined P100 to 500 thousand pesos.
Meanwhile, House owners Jimmy Cayabyab and
spouses Mads De Vera and Felizidad De Verra are being hunted law enforcers as
they were not around during the raid.
Five suspects were also detained in the
area after they were found hiding sachets of shabu.
Suspected users were named as Johndy Zamora,
Rodolfo Ortiz, Jeffrey De Guzman, Roldan Tapang and Macarena Barmaceda.
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