Man nabbed for transporting P5-M marijuana

PASIL, Kalinga: A 29-year-old man was arrested for attempting to transport more than P5 million worth of marijuana in Barangay Cagaluan here.

The police identified the arrested marijuana courier as Albert Boraway Dugwawi, 29, a resident of Barangay Agbannawag in Tabuk City, Kalinga.

Initial investigation showed that personnel of the 2nd Kalinga Provincial Mobile Force (PMFC) received information that an individual is attempting to transport marijuana products from Tinglayan to Tabuk City.

Acting on the information, an interdiction operation was launched by several law enforcement units in Sitio Dinacan, Barangay Dangoy, Lubuagan, Kalinga. While passing through a checkpoint in the area, a vehicle suspiciously sped off toward the direction of Pasil.

The joint operatives then chased the vehicle, which they found abandoned along the Pasil-Balbalan Road.

Upon inspection, they discovered 10 bricks of dried marijuana leaves and stalks with fruiting tops. The bricks had an estimated weight of 10,000 grams with a standard drug price (SDP) of P1,200,000; the three pieces of tubular forms of suspected dried marijuana leaves and stalks, with an estimated weight of 3,000 grams, had an SDP of P360,000; and the 18 pieces of medium-sized rectangular dried marijuana leaves and stalks, with an estimated weight of 35,000 grams, an SDP of P4,200,000.

The operatives immediately conducted a manhunt operation that resulted in the arrest of the suspect in Barangay Cagaluan, Pasil.

The arrested suspect and the seized pieces of evidence were brought to the Pasil Municipal Police Station for documentation and proper disposition.

Charges of violation of the pertinent provisions of Republic Act 9165, or the “Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Law of 2002,” are being readied for filing against the arrested suspect.