A student was arrested and is now facing charges for violation of RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 while a pursuit operation is ongoing against his companion after they sold illegal drugs on April 17, 2022.
Based on police report, the arrested suspect was identified as Jeboy Amangan, 22 while his companion who evaded arrest was identified as Abel Agaoy.
Suspect “Jeboy” was caught by Joint operatives of the Kalinga Police Provincial Office, Regional PNP Drug Enforcement Unit (RPDEU), and PDEA-CAR in a buy-bust operation at Sitio Pakak, Barangay Agbannawag in Tabuk City, Kalinga.
Seized during the operations are 10 bricks of dried marijuana leaves and stalks weighing more or less 10,000 grams worth ₱ 1, 200,000.00 and 50 grams of dried marijuana leaves and stalks found in a carton worth ₱ 6,000.00.
The arrested suspect and the confiscated pieces of evidence were brought to the custody of Kalinga PPO for documentation and proper disposition.
(Source: PROCOR-PIO)