Grade 12 student and her minor cohort, busted for peddling illegal drugs

A Grade 12 student and her minor cohort will now be facing charges for Violation of RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002 after they were arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted in Tabuk City, Kalinga on December 11, 2022.

Based on the reports submitted to PROCOR Regional Director, PBGEN MAFELINO A BAZAR, the arrested suspects were identified as Maila Daligdig Tayaan, 21 years old, and a 15-year-old minor, both residents of Rizal, Kalinga.

Suspect Tayaan and her minor cohort were arrested by the joint operatives of the Provincial Intelligence Unit of Kalinga PPO, Tabuk City Police Station (CPS), Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, and 1st Kalinga Provincial Mobile Force Company after they sold a sachet of suspected “shabu” weighing more or less 15 grams with a Standard Drug Price (SDP) of Php 102,000.00.

The inventory of the pieces of evidence recovered was conducted on-site in the presence of the arrested suspects and witnessed by Brgy. Kagawad Edwin Hidalgo; Brgy Kagawad Vilma Bolingon; Ms. Janette B. Alagao, media representative; and Ms. Lailanie S. Balao-ing, DOJ representative.

The suspects and confiscated pieces of evidence were brought into the custody of Tabuk CPS for documentation and proper disposition. (PROCOR-PIO /File photos)