Marijuana, shabu dealers nabbed in Dagupan
SIX high value targets in the war on drugs in the province were arrested by agents of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Provincial Office, with support from the Dagupan City Police in three separate buy-bust operations in Dagupan City.
PDEA Provincial Officer Dexter Asayco identified the first batch of arrested suspects on October 16 as James Madison Manaoat of Dagupan City; 24, Maja Demah Bajunaid, 27, and Jone Alexan Villamor, 28, both from Binmaley town.
Arrested marijuana dealers await their transfer to detention cell. (Punchphoto by Nora Dominguez)
Confiscated from the custody of the suspects were one bundle of wrapped dried marijuana leaves with stalks, weighing 750 grams with street value of P90,000 and 33 sachets containing dried marijuana leaves weighing 280.5 grams with street value of P33,660 and P14,000 boodle money.
Asayco said, based on their intelligence monitoring and investigation the suspects are major suppliers of marijuana to students and foreigners in Dagupan City.
The suspects admitted that they get their supply from Baguio City.
The following day, three more marijuana dealers were arrested by the PDEA team in another buy-bust operation.
Six sachets of dried marijuana leaves, with estimated weight of 60 grams worth P7,200 and P500 marked money were confiscated in the buy-bust operation conducted along De Venecia Highway Extension in Barangay Lucao that resulted in the arrest of Jessie Jhon Medio, 22 years old, Richard Nixon Rullog, 23 years old, and Mark Anthony Calpotura, 24 years old, all residents of Barangay Villa Sta. Barbara.
Meanwhile, a suspected shabu dealer was arrested in Bonuan in a buy-bust operation at 3 p.m.
PDEA identified the shabu dealer as Girlie Reyes Fermin, 42 years old of Bonuan Tondaligan. Seized from her were 5 sachets of suspected shabu and marked money.
All of the suspects were detained and now facing charges of selling illegal drugs or sec 11 of the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, Asayco said.
Asayco admitted in an interview with The PUNCH that PDEA’s operations have considerably decreased owing to its limited personnel.
“We could have done three times more with if we had the personnel,” he said. But he remains confident PDEA can still perform creditably in the province with the full support of Pangasinan PNP. (Nora Dominguez)
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