Two successful police operations on Wednesday, March 10 resulted in the arrest of seven individuals attempting to transport marijuana from the province of Kalinga.
After the arrest of four men in Barangay Bantay at around 11 o’clock in the morning, the police were able to track and arrest three of their cohorts in a follow up operation.
Kalinga Police Provincial Director PCol. Davy Vicente Limmong said that upon the arrest of the first four individuals who were ferrying more or less P13,440,000 worth of alleged marijuana, they learned that there were three more people involved using another vehicle.
Police operatives identified the arrested suspects on board a Suzuki Ertiga as Prince John Lord Paluyo, 20, resident of Cavite; Cyrus Crisologo, 18, resident of Makati City, and a minor aged 17-year-old, and resident of Antipolo City.
Confiscated items from the suspects include suspected marijuana – 3 in large sachets, 8 in small transparent sachets, and in tubular. A suspected bottle of cannabis oil, marijuana in brick form, an improvised shotgun, two pieces ammos for 12-gauge shotgun, two cellphones, and the suspects’ vehicle were also seized.
All the seven suspects are now under the custody of Tabuk City Police Station.
(Joseph Manzano, RPN DZBS Baguio OIC)
(Source: PDEA CAR & Kalinga Provincial Police Office)