PRO8 collars 5 drug pushers, 9 users

By RPCRD, Police Regional Office 8
February 5, 2013

CAMP SEC. KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte – The Police Regional Office 8 (PRO8) arrested 5 suspected drug pushers, including a barangay kagawad, and 9 other persons engaged in drug sessions in a series of anti-illegal drugs operations in different parts of the region recently.

“The arrest of these suspects is a big blow to the illegal drugs trade in the region as we will be going hard against high value targets in our continuing anti-illegal drugs operations,” Police Chief Superintendent Elmer Ragadio Soria, Regional Director of PRO8 said.

Soria added that for the month of January 2013 alone, PRO8 had already conducted a total of 24 successful anti-illegal drugs operation resulting in the arrest of 24 suspected drug pushers, 10 drug users, confiscation of 5.196 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride or “shabu” and 214.890 grams of dried marijuana leaves with a total estimated market value of P73,130.00, several drug paraphernalia, and filing of 24 drug charges in different courts.

The Regional Director informed that on Friday night in Catbalogan City, elements of PRO8 Regional Special Operations Group (RSOG) led by Police Inspector Constantino Jabonete, Jr. arrested Jose Pilapil y Valles, 48, married, while selling one heat-sealed plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance suspected to be “shabu” to a poseur buyer at the corner Rizal Avenue and San Francisco Street.

Pilapil is a Barangay Kagawad of Brgy. 1 Poblacion, Salug, in said city.

Recovered from Pilapil were two P500.00 bill with serial numbers FK201906 and SV769471 and bundle of buy-bust money. He was immediately brought to Catbalogan City Police Station for proper documentation while the confiscated items were submitted to Samar Provincial Crime Laboratory Office for examination.

Meanwhile, another buybust operation on Saturday afternoon infront of Gaisano Capital department store in Sogod, Southern Leyte resulted in the arrest of Romychito Riveral, of Brgy San Roque of said town.

In a report submitted by Police Senior Inspector Alfred Reynald Dauz, the police were able to purchase from the suspect 20 pieces small heat-sealed transparent sachets containing suspected “shabu” with an estimated street value of P10,000.00.

Also recovered from Riveral were the P1,000.00 buybust money bearing serial number WW911858, four other P1,000.00 bills and one unit Samsung mobile phone used in his drug transactions.

Further investigation disclosed that Riveral is out on bail for drug charges.

In Ormoc City, a police team led by Police Chief Inspector Ibrahim Jambiran of Police Station 1, Ormoc City Police Office, implemented the search warrant number N-01-25-18 issued by Judge Clinton Nuevo of the Regional Trial Court Branch 12, Ormoc City against Cheryl Canoda yke Talipa, 27, married, of Purok Rosal, Brgy. Cogon, Ormoc City.

The operation conducted in the evening of January 29 resulted in the arrest of the suspect who was caught in a drug session with 5 other persons, namely: Jeorge Jaralbio, security guard, of Dolores, Eastern Samar; Jericho Templado, security guard, of Brgy Lim-ao, Ormoc City; Alvin Daludo, construction worker of Brgy. Nadongholan, Ormoc City; Emmanuel Danola, jobless of Brgy. Bagong Buhay, Ormoc City and Edgar Baludo, employee of South Seas Cargo and a resident of Brgy Nadongholan, Ormoc City.

Recovered during the operation were 3 small heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing of suspected “shabu”, 2 heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing suspected ”shabu” residue, several drug paraphernalia, 5 mobile phones and cash amounting to P1,800.00 in different denominations. Suspects were brought to the police station for proper disposition.

On Thursday evening in Tacloban City, entrapment operation conducted by RSOG led by Police Senior Inspector Dinvir Revita along P. Gomez St, resulted in the arrest of drug suspects Allan Lozada y Calabria and Lawrence Mora y Padagdag.

Follow-up operations at the house of Lozada resulted in the arrest of 4 drug users while engaged in a drug session, namely: Jave Muaña, Christian Perpetuo Margallo, Christian Aimel Malate, and Charlie Jason Salazar, all of Tacloban City.

Confiscated during the operation were more or less 1 kilo of dried marijuana leaves in different packaging estimated to be worth P12,000.00, two plastic sachet of suspected “shabu”, several drug paraphernalia and buybust money of two P1,000.00 bills.