P37-M MJ bricks found in vehicle after Kalinga pursuit; driver, 1 escape

TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- Police and Drug Enforcement agents intercepted P37.3 million worth of marijuana bricks in a checkpoint here at Barangay Lacnog early morning of April 18. Cordillera police director Brig. 

Gen. Ronal O. Lee bared this saying Kalinga police received a text message from a concerned citizen regarding a vehicle described as Mitsubishi Adventure bearing plate no. NBZ 7232 allegedly transporting marijuana bricks coming from Tingalayan,     Kalinga that will pass through Tabuk City..Lawmen immediately established a checkpoint in Agbannawag-Bulo junction.
As the vehicle approached, it suddenly turned left to avoid the checkpoint prompting lawmen to pursue it.
    The pursuit ended in Lacnog, where they found the vehicle left abandoned in the area.

Upon search of the abandoned vehicle, operatives discovered eight sacks containing 311 bricks of marijuana leaves weighing 311 kg worth P37,320,000  inside the vehicle.

All the seized marijuana bricks were inventoried at the site in the presence of a barangay kagawad and media representative.

All confiscated evidence were brought to Tabuk Police Office for  documentation and analysis at Kalinga Provincial Crime Laboratory Office.

A  report from Kalinga police director Col. Davy Vicente Limmong identified the driver of the vehicle as Sabado Guimba a resident of Sitio Pakak, Barangay Agbannawag while the other male passenger is still unidentified.