10 most wanted persons, four ‘drug pushers’ nabbed in Cordi

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Ten most wanted persons of Apayao and Kalinga were captured while four drug suspects were arrested in the Cordillera Monday, the regional police information office here said.

                Nabbed in Poblacion, Luna was Calvin T. Masula, 38, farmer for attempted murder at Barangay Lappa Luna.

This, while Edelio M. Baawa, 47 was caught in his residence at Buaya, Balbalan, Kalinga for attempted parricide.

Bail for Masula and Baawa was set at P120,000 each issued by Judges Victor R Cumigad of RTC Branch 26, Luna, Apayao and Randy Bulwayan of RTC Branch 39, Lubuagan, Kalinga, respectively.

 Meanwhile, in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Baguio City Police Office three drug suspects were separately arrested after they alletgedly sold shabu to the operatives who acted as  buyer.

Jessie C. Puruganan, 40, of Upper Balsigan and Anthony R. Castillo aka Tulig, 42, of Kisad Road were nabbed in Barangay Upper Balsigan after they allegedly conspired to sell a sachet of shabu worth P23,137.2 and weighing more than 3.8 grams to an operative who posed as buyer.

Two more sachets containing suspected shabu and assorted drug paraphernalia and buy-bust money were confiscated and recovered from their possession.

This, as Emil Jay P. Navalta,  21of Purok 2 Padre Zamora, Baguio City was caught in Purok 19 San Carlos Heights, Irisan for having in his possession sachet containing suspected shabu weighing more or less 0.3 grams a and worth P1,000 including P1,000 buy bust money.

In La Trinidad, Benguet an alleged drug pusher identified as Manny Rex D. Sales aka “Rex”, 34 was arrested in his house at Shamolog, Pico.

Confiscated evidence from him were two sachets of suspected shabu, P1,000 cash and one Samsung cellphone.

All arrested suspects are now under custody of police while cases of RA 9165 known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002 were filed against the arrested drug suspects.