Sun.Star Baguio

P.5M shabu seized, three busted

BIGGEST DRUG HAUL FOR 2017

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IN OTHER parts of the country, suspected illegal drug pushers are summarily executed, however, in the case of Baguio City, these peddlers will still be given their day in court.

Authoritie­s scored the biggest illegal drugs haul after confiscati­ng 105 grams of shabu worth P525,000 after three drug personalit­ies were arrested in a sting operation by the Philippine Drug Enforcemen­t Agency in the Cordillera region together with the Baguio City Police Office Drug Enforcemen­t Unit and BCPO Station 9 at Purok 7, Asin Road, Irisan, Baguio City Sunday afternoon.

The suspects were identified as Brian Leonille Valdes Dris, alias Tisoy/Junel, 30, online seller/ESL teacher, and a resident

of Asin Road was collared together with Aaron Paul de Guzman Vergara alias Nikko, 26, resident of BGH Compound and a 23year old woman who is a resident of Asin Road.

The trio were busted when Dris sold a heatsealed transparen­t plastic sachet containing suspected shabu to an undercover agent in his rented apartment. Upon his arrest, the drug enforcers chanced upon Vergara and the woman having a pot session.

Seized from the suspects during the operation, aside from the dangerous drug sold by Dris, were two more heat-sealed transparen­t plastic sachets containing suspected shabu, a heat-sealed transparen­t plastic sachet containing suspected dried marijuana leaves, several drug parapherna­lia and the buy-bust money.

It can be recalled Vergara, who is out on bail, has a pending case for violation of Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs) of Republic Act Number 9165, otherwise known as the "Comprehens­ive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002".

The suspects, who are temporaril­y detained at the PDEA-CAR detention facility, will be facing cases for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs), Section 11, Section 12 (Possession of Drug Parapherna­lia) and Section 15 (Use of Dangerous Drugs) of R.A. 9165. Roderick Osis

 ?? Photo by Milo Brioso ?? BAGUIO PASALUBONG. Brooms made from the neighborin­g towns of Baguio City remains a favorite pasalubong of domestic tourists.
Photo by Milo Brioso BAGUIO PASALUBONG. Brooms made from the neighborin­g towns of Baguio City remains a favorite pasalubong of domestic tourists.

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