PRO-CAR’s ONE DAY DRUG OPS YIELD OVER P2.5M WORTH OF ILLEGAL DRUGS AND ARREST ONE DRUG PERSONALITY

A total of PhP2,551,200.00 worth of illegal drugs were successfully seized, and one drug personality was arrested during a series of anti-drug operations conducted in the Provinces of Benguet and Kalinga on September 16, 2024.

In Benguet, a marijuana eradication operation conducted by the joint operatives of Bakun Municipal Police Station (MPS), Provincial Intelligence Unit (PIU), and Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) of Benguet Police Provincial Office (PPO) led to the discovery of two marijuana plantation sites in Barangay Kayapa, Bakun. The sites contained 7,000 pieces of Fully Grown Marijuana Plants (FGMJPs) and 2,000 pieces of marijuana seedlings, with a total Standard Drug Price (SDP) of PhP1,480,000.00.

In a similar operation, joint operatives from Kibungan MPS, PDEU, PIU, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) discovered two marijuana plantation sites within a communal forest in Barangay Tacadang, Kibungan. These plantations, covering approximately 230 square meters, contained 1,620 pieces of FGMJPs with an SDP of PhP324,000.00.

Meanwhile, in Kalinga, a total of 3,600 pieces of FGMJPs with an SDP of PhP720,000.00 were discovered by joint operatives of 1st and 2nd Kalinga Provincial Mobile Force Companies, Tinglayan MPS, and PDEU of Kalinga PPO, Regional Mobile Force Battalion 15 (RMFB15), and PDEA-Kalinga in a communal forest in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan.

All discovered marijuana plants were documented, uprooted, and burned onsite, with enough samples submitted to the Regional Forensic Unit-CAR and Kalinga Provincial Forensic Unit for qualitative testing.

Additionally, a 38-year-old male, identified as a Street Level Individual was arrested in Barangay Appas, Tabuk City, following the execution of a search warrant by joint operatives of Tabuk City Police Station (CPS), PIU, PDEU, Provincial Legal Office, RMFB15, PNP Drug Enforcement Group-Special Operations Unit, and the Regional Intelligence Division.

During the said operation, operatives seized five plastic sachets of suspected shabu weighing approximately 4 grams with an SDP of PhP27,200.00 from the suspect’s residence. The suspect and the seized pieces of evidence were brought to Tabuk CPS for documentation and proper disposition while a case for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, is being prepared against him. (PRO-CAR PIO /File Photos)