SEVEN individuals were collared for possession of illegal drugs in separate buy bust operations in the Cordillera region.
Joint operatives of the Baguio City Police Office Drug Enforcement Unit (BCPO-CDEU), BCPO Station 2, and City Intelligence Unit (CIU), in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Cordillera (PDEA-CAR) arrested George Lagitaw del Rosario, 35, single, in East Quirino Hill Monday morning, March 25, after he allegedly sold a sachet of suspected shabu, or methamphetamine hydrochloride, to one of the police operatives who acted as buyers.
Seized from Del Rosario during the operation were three heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing suspected shabu, a cellphone, P500 cash, P19,000 boodle money and assorted drug paraphernalia.
In Abra Province, Bucay police arrested suspected drug offender Perfecto Paligutan Barbosa Jr. aka. Jun-jun on March 26 in Barangay San Miguel.
Barbosa, a construction worker, was on board a tricycle traveling from Bangued when he was flagged down by the police.
Police recovered from his possession a cell phone with one heat-sealed plastic sachet containing suspected shabu.
In Ifugao, Banaue, police arrested three men for possession of marijuana leaves in Sitio Baag, Tam-an Sunday morning, March 25.
The suspects were identified as Michael Mercado Perez, 42; Mike Galunio Montinola, 38; and Erickson Garlitos Estanislao, 40.
Police had responded to an alarm over a vehicular accident that involved the pick-up truck of the suspects.
While conducting investigation, the police saw five packs of dried marijuana leaves wrapped in transparent cellophane inside the vehicle.