Cops nab pushers in Cordillera
THREE suspected individuals are now in jail after they were caught red handed in possession of illegal drug and firearms.
Cops arrested two suspects at Sitio Mal-o, Brgy. Bugnay, Tinglayan, Kalinga in the afternoon of March 1 after they were reported to be purchasing marijuana.
Prior to their arrest, the suspects identified as 24 year old Jeremy Miranda Ona, a resident of Gibraltar Road, and 19 year old Stephen Job Oyga Blanco, a resident of Balacbac Road; both from Baguio City, were both seen by an agent buying dried marijuana leaves at Barangay Proper Butbut, Tinglayan, Kalinga.
The suspects who later rode a public utility vehicle bound for Bontoc, Mt. Province were arrested by responding police which also led to the confiscation from them three pieces of dried marijuana leaves wrapped with brown packing tape weighing a total of 2.35 kilograms with a dangerous drug board value of P293,750.
In another operation, joint personnel of Lubuagan Municipal Police Station and the Kalinga Provincial Mobil Force arrested 25 – year – old Dongga-as Rex Gaspi, a resident of Barangay Antonio Canao Lubuagan in the evening of March 4.
The suspect together with his companion riding a motorcycle allegedly fired a gun and escaped the PNP checkpoint along the National road in the vicinity of Ayawon, Barangay Mabilong in Lubuagan.
A brief chase down ensued as Gaspi was collared while his companion evaded arrest.
Confiscated from his possession were three (3) plastic containing suspected shabu weighing five grams, one
Remington 1911 cal. 45 pistol, one magazine loaded with two ammunitions, two spent shell for same cal. and cash amounting to P15,250.
All suspects are now facing charges for violation of RA 9165 otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002, while an additional case was filed against Gaspi for illegal possession of firearms.
Police Regional Office Cordillera Regional Director Chief Superintendent Edward Carranza have directed all police units in the region to double their efforts in going after sellers and buyers of illegal drugs intensifying their intelligence operations to identify drug dealers, users and other personalities who had records of involvement in the illegal drug trade in the region.