12 ‘tourists’ nabbed for P984-K marijuana in Sadanga, Mt Prov
>> Sunday, December 5, 2021
SADANGA, Mountain Province -- Twelve drug suspects posing as tourists
were arrested for trying to transport 8.2 kilos of marijuana bricks with an
estimated street value of P984,000 here on Nov. 21.
The suspects were apprehended in Sitio Ampawilen in Barangay Poblacion, a common route to the lowlands for tourists coming from the hinterlands of Kalinga, according to agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency based in Cordillera.
Cordillera police director Brig. Gen. Ronald O. Lee identified the arrested drug suspects as Micheal Angelo M. Navarro, 29; Julius Cyrel F. Balonso, 19; Jolin Christian F. Balonso, 23; Lyka Joy P. Oprin, 26; Renz Manuel B. Periera, 24; Reina P. Perez, 33; Albert T. Lopez, 29; Robin Mar H. Sarmiento, 40; Pearl R. Tanedo, 23; Ella Mae J. Domingo, 22; Charwin J. Santiago, 36; and Kennedy A. Mensah,18.
Lee said Sadanga police received a report from a concerned citizen about a vehicle described as a white Grandia GL van boarded by 12 individuals: eight males and four females, suspected to be transporting illegal drugs.
Police manning quarantine control points in the area immediately checked vehicles coming from Kalinga.
In Sitio Ampiwalen, cops flagged down a white Grandia GL van and found two backpacks in the back compartment of the vehicle containing eight marijuana bricks weighing 8.2 kilograms.
Inventory of the seized items was witnessed by Prosecutor Godaliva Calaowa Golda, mayor Gabino Ganggangan, kagawads Pascual Pagcaan and Dawing Chopchopen of Brgy Poblacion and media representative Novy Afidchao.
The suspects and confiscated items were taken under custody of Sadanga police while a case for violation of Republic Act 9165 or Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 was prepared for filing against the suspects.
The suspects were apprehended in Sitio Ampawilen in Barangay Poblacion, a common route to the lowlands for tourists coming from the hinterlands of Kalinga, according to agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency based in Cordillera.
Cordillera police director Brig. Gen. Ronald O. Lee identified the arrested drug suspects as Micheal Angelo M. Navarro, 29; Julius Cyrel F. Balonso, 19; Jolin Christian F. Balonso, 23; Lyka Joy P. Oprin, 26; Renz Manuel B. Periera, 24; Reina P. Perez, 33; Albert T. Lopez, 29; Robin Mar H. Sarmiento, 40; Pearl R. Tanedo, 23; Ella Mae J. Domingo, 22; Charwin J. Santiago, 36; and Kennedy A. Mensah,18.
Lee said Sadanga police received a report from a concerned citizen about a vehicle described as a white Grandia GL van boarded by 12 individuals: eight males and four females, suspected to be transporting illegal drugs.
Police manning quarantine control points in the area immediately checked vehicles coming from Kalinga.
In Sitio Ampiwalen, cops flagged down a white Grandia GL van and found two backpacks in the back compartment of the vehicle containing eight marijuana bricks weighing 8.2 kilograms.
Inventory of the seized items was witnessed by Prosecutor Godaliva Calaowa Golda, mayor Gabino Ganggangan, kagawads Pascual Pagcaan and Dawing Chopchopen of Brgy Poblacion and media representative Novy Afidchao.
The suspects and confiscated items were taken under custody of Sadanga police while a case for violation of Republic Act 9165 or Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 was prepared for filing against the suspects.
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