POLICE ROUNDUP
ERADICATION -- Authorities
destroy a total of an estimated P2.1 million worth of marijuana plants and
seedlings in San Gabriel town, La Union Nov. 7. On Nov. 8, Bugallon police in
Pangasinan seized P837,420 worth of suspected shabu. (Photo courtesy of
PRO-1)
P5.8-M marijuana bricks found on Kalinga road
CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet -- Cordillera cops seized more than P197,000 worth of illegal drugs and nabbed 13 drug personalities in regional anti-illegal drugs operations Nov. 5-11.
This, as police seized marijuana bricks worth P5.8 million found along the national highway here in Jangayoy, Barangay Dangoy, Tanudan Kalinga Monday, Nov. 20 bringing the total worth of illegal drugs captured in the region to around P6 million.
Col. Freddie Lazona, provincial director of Kalinga Provincial Police Office, said personnel of the 2nd Kalinga Provincial Mobile Force Company received information that a male rider of a sport type XR 150 abandoned an army duffle bag in the vicinity of Jangayoy.
Upon receipt of the information, police proceeded to the area and found an army duffle bag along the highway partly covered with leaves and branches of trees containing suspected marijuana bricks.
An onsite inventory yielded 49 bricks of alleged dried marijuana leaves weighing around 49,000 grams valued at P5,880,000.
The recovered marijuana bricks were brought to Lubuagan police station for documentation and later brought to Kalinga police provincial forensic unit for examination.
The police regional public information office, citing the records from the Regional Operations Division, said the 13 drug suspects from other parts of the region were arrested in possession of 27.52 grams of shabu worth P197,075.60.
The same report bared eight arrests were made by Benguet Police Provincial Office, followed by the Baguio City Police Office with two and one each for Ifugao and Kalinga PPOs.
Suspects were identified as Jimran D Elias, 27; Roldan Elias, 36; Edgar Garino; 28; Elvis Mocate, 35; Christian Beneyat, 26; Clarence Gunday, 42; Griffin Keith Sobremo, 25; Joshua L Moling, 21; John Mark Orata, 18; John G Basungit, 50; Arnold Austria, 25; Ryan Zamora, 27 and Nolasco Dangayo, 36.
All arrested suspects and confiscated pieces of evidence were brought to offices of arresting units, while charges for illegal drugs were prepared against them.
Meanwhile, in a marijuana eradication operation in Benguet, two marijuana plantation sites with 920 pieces of fully grown marijuana plants valued at P184,000 were discovered in Kibungan town.
All discovered marijuana plants were uprooted and burned in plantation sites by the lawmen who investigated to identify marijuana cultivators.
Cordillera police director Brig. Gen. David K, Peredo cited arresting police for the arrests urging other units to intensify anti-drugs operations.
Police seize P2.9-M shabu, marijuana in LU, P’sinan
By Hilda Austria
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Authorities seized an estimated P837,420 worth of suspected methamphetamine, locally called shabu, in Bugallon town, Pangasinan and destroyed around P2.1 million worth of marijuana in San Gabriel town, La Union night of Nov. 8.
In a phone interview on Thursday, Bugallon police officer-in-charge Maj. Ramsey Canaban said the estimated 123.15 grams of suspected shabu was seized from Ken Mark Prado Bustillos, 31, after police officers, armed with a search warrant, went to his home in Barangay Umanday Wednesday night.
“He was identified as a drug personality, as a street pusher, but not a high-value target. He was being monitored by our intelligence unit and we did not expect the amount of illegal drugs confiscated from him,” he said.
Canaban said the suspect is reportedly supplying illegal drugs to other parts of the province and sources his supply from the National Capital Region.
Aside from the illegal drugs, some live ammunition were also seized from the suspect.
Meanwhile, the La Union Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit and other law enforcement agencies discovered a marijuana plantation in Sitio Nakawa, Barangay Lon-oy, San Gabriel town, La Union on Nov. 7.
Lt. Col. Benigno Sumawang, chief of Regional Public Information Office of the Ilocos Police Regional Office (PRO-1), said the operation resulted in the destruction of PHP2.1 million worth of marijuana plants and seedlings.
“There were a total of 8,500 pieces of fully grown marijuana plants and 10,500 marijuana seedlings from a total land area of 1,950 square meters,” he said. -- PNA
‘Tanod’ nabbed for selling P68-K shabu in Abra
PIDIGAN, Abra -- A barangay tanod listed as a high-value drug personality was arrested for selling around P68,000 worth of shabu to a cop here on Nov. 14.
Reports submitted to Cordillera police director Brig. Gen. David K. Peredo Jr. identified the arrested suspect as Jimmy Sumalnap Dela Rosa, Jr., 40 of Pidigan, Abra.
Elements of Abra Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, Abra Provincial Intelligence Unit, and Pidigan Municipal Police Station arrested suspect Dela Rosa at Sitio Nagdaingan, Pangtud, Pidigan, after he sold two sachets of suspected "shabu" weighing 10.1 grams valued at P68,680 to a cop who posed as buyer.
Dela Rosa and confiscated items were brought to the Abra PPO PDEU office where charges for illegal drugs were prepared against him.
Cops seize P2.M drugs in Baguio, Benguet; 2 nabbed
CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet -- -- A total of P2,008,092 worth of illegal drugs was seized, while two drug personalities were busted in anti-illegal drugs operations conducted in Baguio City and Benguet Nov. 16, the regional police public information office bared.
Police reports submitted to Cordillera police director Brig. Gen. David K. Peredo Jr. identified arrested suspects as Randolph Castañeda Doria, 42, of Lower Quirino Hill Barangay, Baguio and Diokno Dilapi Tolingan, 34 of Sitio Paykek, Balili, Mankayan, Benguet.
Baguio police arrested Doria at Rizal Park after he sold a sachet of suspected shabu weighing 0.65 grams worth P4,420.00 to a cop who acted as buyer.
Meanwhile, in Balili, Mankayan, Tolingan was arrested by anti-illegal drugs operatives of the Benguet Police Provincial Office after he sold a sachet of suspected shabu weighing 0.28 grams worth P1,904 to a cop who also acted as buyer at Sitio Pangkikan, Balili
During his arrest, another sachet of suspected shabu weighing 0.26 grams worth P1,768 was confiscated from him.
All arrested suspects and confiscated items were brought to respective arresting units, while charges for illegal drugs were prepared against them.
This, as Benguet cops discovered and burned a total of 10,000 pieces of fully grown marijuana plants valued at P2,000,000 in the town of Kibungan.
MARIJUANA BRICKS -- Police
make an inventory of 49 bricks of dried marijuana leaves, weighing around
49,000 grams, with an estimated value of P5,880,000 recovered at Sitio
Jangayoy, Barangay Dangoy, Lubuagan, Kalinga Nov. 20. (Photo from PNP Lubuagan)
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