N. Vizcaya NIA worker sells marijuana; held

By Liezle Basa Inigo

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – An employee of National Irrigation Administration was arrested for selling dried marijuana leaves with fruiting tops to an anti-narcotics agent in Barangay Don Tomas Maddela here on Monday, Nov. 21.
    Arrested by joint personnel of Bayombong police and the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit during a buy-bust operation was Earl Balmes, 30, a resident of Brgy., Don Tomas Maddela, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya.
    He was arrested after selling two pieces of small heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing dried marijuana leaves with fruiting tops to a PDEU agent acting as a buyer during a buy-bust.
    Raiders found in his possession the buy-bust money, yellow paper containing suspected dried marijuana leaves, small heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing dried marijuana leaves and a mobile phone.
    The suspect and confiscated items were brought to Bayombong Police for documentation and proper disposition.