Three Drug Personalities busted; over 8M worth of Marijuana plants, burned

Three (3) drug personalities were arrested and a total of Php 8,400,000.00 worth of marijuana plants were eradicated in separate anti-illegal drug operations conducted by PROCOR cops in Baguio and Kalinga from January 14-17, 2022.

Citing the reports submitted to PROCOR Regional Director, PBGEN RONALD OLIVER LEE, the three (3) drug personalities were identified as Michael Bryan Sabado Domingo, 35; Amelyn Garcia Labasan, 29; and Jhon Paul Lattawan, 19.

In Cabinet Hill, Baguio City, suspect Domingo was arrested after he sold one (1) plastic sachet of suspected shabu weighing more or less two (2) grams and a standard drug price (SDP) of Php 13,600.00 to an operative who acted as a poseur buyer.

Further, in another buy-bust operation in Barangay Burnham-Legarda, suspect Labasan was arrested after she sold one (1) plastic sachet of suspected shabu weighing more or less one (1) gram and an SDP of Php 6,800.00 to an operative who acted as a poseur buyer.

In Tabuk City, Kalinga, suspect Lattawan was arrested after he sold to an operative who acted as a poseur buyer one (1) plastic sachet of suspected “shabu” with an estimated weight of 0.2 gram and an SDP amounting to Php 1,360.00.

During his arrest, another one (1) plastic sachet of suspected shabu with an estimated weight of 0.2 grams and an SDP amounting to Php 1,360.00 was recovered from his possession.

The arrested suspects and the confiscated pieces of evidence were brought to the custody of the respective operating units for documentation and proper disposition while the suspects will be facing charges for violation of RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

On another report submitted to PBGEN LEE, two (2) plantation sites were discovered in Barangay Tulgao West, Tinglayan, Kalinga.

Joint operatives of Kalinga PPO and PDEA Kalinga were able to discover 12,000 pieces of fully grown marijuana plants with an SDP of Php 2,400,000.00 and 50 kilograms of dried leaves and stalks with an SDP of Php 6,000,000.00.

All discovered marijuana plants were uprooted and burned on-site by the operatives while investigations are ongoing to identify possible cultivators of the said marijuana plantations sites. (PROCOR-PIO)