KABALYERO COPS BURN OVER P1M WORTH OF MARIJUANA, NAPINO COPS ARREST ONE DRUG PERSONALITY
The collaborative efforts of Benguet cops in combating illegal drugs in the province resulted in the destruction of a total of Php1,060,000.00 worth of marijuana, while the Baguio City cops arrested a street level drug personality in separate anti-illegal drugs operations conducted on May 10, 2024.
In Benguet, the marijuana eradication operations conducted by joint operatives of Bakun Municipal Police Station (MPS), Kibungan MPS, Provincial Intelligence Unit, Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, Regional Intelligence Division, Regional Intelligence Unit 14, and PDEA-CAR resulted in the discovery of 500 pieces of fully grown marijuana plants with a Standard Drug Price (SDP) of Php100,000.00 in Brgy Kayapa, Bakun, and 8,000 grams of dried marijuana stalks with fruiting tops with an SDP of Php960,000.00 in Brgy Tacadang, Kibungan.
All the discovered marijuana plants were burned after proper documentation, while follow-up operations are underway to locate other marijuana plantation sites and cultivators.
Meanwhile, in Baguio City, the joint operatives of City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU), City Intelligence Unit, Marcos Highway Police Station (PS10), and PDEA-CAR conducted a buy-bust operation in Purok 9, Bakakeng Central that led to the arrest of a drug personality listed as a Street Level Individual after he sold three sachets of suspected shabu weighing more or less 2.06 grams with an SDP of Php14,008.00 to an operative who acted as poseur buyer.
The markings and inventory of the pieces of evidence were conducted on-site in the presence of the suspect and witnessed by media representative, Mr. Darius Bajo; and Barangay Kagawad Pauline G Guilas of Bakakeng.
The arrested suspect and the confiscated pieces of evidence were brought to CDEU for documentation and proper disposition.
WEEKLONG MANHUNT OPS NET 68 WANTED PERSONALITIES, 57 MUNICIPALITIES RECORD ZERO CRIME INCIDENTS
As a result of PRO Cordillera’s relentless anti-criminality and law enforcement operations, 68 wanted personalities were arrested, while 57 municipalities in the region recorded zero crime incidents from May 5-11, 2024,
Based on the records from the Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division, Baguio City Police Office (CPO) recorded the highest number of arrests with 26 wanted persons apprehended, followed by Benguet Police Provincial Office (PPO) with 14 arrests, Apayao PPO with 10 arrests, Kalinga PPO with eight arrests, Ifugao PPO with four arrests, and Abra PPO & Mountain Province PPO with three arrests each.
In the same week, zero crime incidents were recorded in the 22 municipalities in Abra, 10 municipalities each in Ifugao & Mountain Province, six municipalities in Benguet, five municipalities in Kalinga, and four municipalities in Apayao.
Further, in Baguio City, Naguilian Police Station (PS1), Loakan Police Station (PS4), and Aurora Hill Police Station (PS6) also recorded zero crime incidents out of the 10 police stations in the city.
The PRO Cordillera Regional Director, PBGEN DAVID K PEREDO, JR, commended the PRO Cordillera cops for the successful arrest of the wanted personalities and for their continuous hard work & perseverance in ensuring the safety and well-being of our kakailyans.