3 nabbed in Baguio; P500k worth of ‘shabu’ seized

AUTHORITIES scored the biggest illegal drugs haul after confiscating 105 grams of illegal drugs worth P525,000 after three drug personalities were arrested in a drug bust at Purok 7, Asin Road, Irisan, Baguio City on Sunday afternoon, August 20.

The drug bust was a joint operation of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Cordillera Administrative Region together with the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) Drug Enforcement Unit and BCPO Station 9.

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 23-year-old woman who is a resident of Asin Road.

The trio were busted when Dris sold a plastic sachet containing suspected meth amphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as “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 plastic sachets containing suspected shabu, a plastic sachet containing suspected dried marijuana leaves, several drug paraphernalia and the drug bust money.

It can be recalled that Vergara, who is out on bail, has a pending case for violation of Section 11 (possession of dangerous drugs) of Republic Act Number (RA) 9165, otherwise known as the “Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.”

The suspects, who are temporarily detained at the PDEA-Cordillera 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 RA 9165.(SunStar Philippines)