8 held for drugs in Cordi; marijuana farms raided; P.5-M drugs confiscated

CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet – Police arrested eight drug suspects in Cordillera April 16 to 22, while almost half a million pesos worth of illegal drugs were confiscated, the police regional information office said.
    Records from the police Regional Operations Division bared a total of 17.47 grams of shabu and 18.90 grams of marijuana leaves and fruiting tops worth P121, 064.00 were confiscated from the “drug personalities.”
    Of eight, three arrests were made by Abra Police Provincial Office followed by Kalinga PPO with two and one arrest each from Apayao and Benguet PPOs including Baguio City Police Office.
    In Abra, arrested were Jerziad Zyree Pacioles, 21; Edgie Boy Panabang, 20 and a male minor while Herbert Taccalan, 33 was arrested by Apayao cops.
    In Benguet, arrested by provincial cops was Alvin Delfin, 30 while Harold Jay Savares, 24 was nabbed by BCPO elements.
    Meanwhile, Louie Jet Boy-Oten, 29 and Cristma Suposop, 36 were arrested by Kalinga police.
    All arrested suspects are now facing charges for illegal drugs.
    Meanwhile, three marijuana plantation sites were discovered in Benguet.
    A total of 1, 510 pieces of fully-grown marijuana valued at P302, 000 were discovered from these sites.
    All of these were burned after documentation.