EIGHT drug suspects were collared in separate operations conducted by joint operatives of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera and other drug enforcement units.
Elpidio Acosta, 56, was arrested in Sitio Linasin, Zone 1, Bangued, Abra in the morning of November 25, while Brandon Gaddaoan, 38, was arrested in Barangay Naguillan, Sallapadan, Abra in the morning of November 22.
Acosta and Gaddaoan are considered high-value targets of the police.
During the operations, 15 pieces of heat-sealed plastic sachets containing shabu and assorted drug paraphernalia were recovered from their possession.
Meanwhile, five persons were apprehended, while two minors were taken into custody after they sold a sachet of shabu to an operative who posed as buyer during a buy-bust operation.
Alfredo Tablada Depollo, 39, a resident of Gibraltar, Baguio City, was arrested at Maharlika Livelihood Complex, Abanao St., Baguio City in the afternoon of November 22, while Michael Fulgencio Cerezo, 40, a resident of Kayang Hilltop, was arrested inside a bar in Kayang Hilltop in the night of November 20.
Confiscated and recovered from their possession were four sachets of shabu, P2,000 cash and assorted drug paraphernalia.
Two other high-value targets identified as Wensley Camora, 39, and Darwin Camora, 37, both residents of Bahong, La Trinidad, Benguet, were arrested in Talingting, Pagal, Shilan, La Trindad in the afternoon of November 21.
Confiscated from them were five plastic sachets of shabu, P16, 000 cash and assorted drug paraphernalia.
Also, a 17-year-old and 15-year-old minors, both residents of Bangued, Abra, were taken into custody in Zone 6, Bangued, Abra.
Confiscated from them were three plastic sachets of shabu, P3,120 cash, a cellular phone and assorted drug paraphernalia.
All the arrested suspects are now facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, also known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (SunStar Baguio)