20kg shabu seized, four drug personalities busted in Baguio City
As a result of the continuous anti-illegal drugs campaign, 20 kilograms of suspected shabu were seized and four drug personalities were arrested during a buy-bust operation in Brgy. Dontogan, Baguio City on March 25, 2025.
According to the reports submitted to PBGEN DAVID K PEREDO, JR, Regional Director of the Police Regional Office Cordillera Administrative Region (PRO CAR), the four suspects identified as one female, aged 49, and three males, aged 45, 38, and 37, were arrested after they sold one sachet of suspected shabu weighing approximately 1 kilogram with a Standard Drug Price (SDP) of PhP6,800,000.00 to an operative who acted as a poseur buyer.
During their arrest, another 19 sachets of suspected shabu weighing more or less 19 kilograms with an SDP of PhP129,200,000.00 were seized from their possession.
The buy-bust operation was carried out by joint operatives spearheaded by the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit and participated by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-National Capital Region, PDEA-CAR, Regional Intelligence Division, Regional Intelligence Unit-14, and Baguio City Police Office.
The seized pieces of evidence were inventoried and marked on-site in the presence of the suspects and witnessed by Ms. Noveh Grace Organo, media representative; Hon. Kevin Paul O. Andrada, Department of Justice representative; and Barangay Kagawad Michael Andres of Brgy. Dontogan.
The arrested suspects will be facing charges for violation of R.A. 9165, also known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Benguet cops eradicate P2.8M worth of MJ in Bakun and Kibungan
The intensified anti-illegal drugs campaign of the Police Regional Office Cordillera Administrative Region (PRO CAR) led to the destruction of marijuana plants with a total worth of PhP2,800,000.00 in the municipalities of Bakun and Kibungan, Benguet on March 21, 2025.
According to reports from the Regional Operations Division of PRO CAR, a marijuana plantation site planted with 14,000 fully grown marijuana plants with a Standard Drug Price of PhP2,800,000.00 was discovered in Sitio Legab, Brgy. Kayapa, Bakun, and Sitio Lokoc, Brgy. Badeo, Kibungan.
The said operations were successful with the joint efforts of operatives from the Bakun Municipal Police Station (MPS), Kibungan MPS, Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit and Provincial Intelligence Unit of Benguet PPO, Regional Intelligence Unit 14, and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Cordillera Administrative Region.
All discovered marijuana plants were uprooted and incinerated on-site, with adequate samples collected for submission to the Regional Forensic Unit-CAR. Concurrently, investigations are ongoing to locate additional marijuana cultivation sites in surrounding areas and to identify the individuals responsible for these activities.
These operations underscore the continued commitment of PRO CAR and its partner agencies to combating the proliferation of illegal drugs within the Cordillera Administrative Region. **
