Republic of the Office of the President PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REGIONAL OFFICE II Camp Marcelo Adduru, City 3500 [email protected] /Telephone/fax # 304-6693

FEBRUARY 2017 SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PRESS RELEASE # 2017-01

DATE : February 8, 2017

AUTHORITY : DIR III LAUREFEL P. GABALES, MDM Regional Director, PDEA RO2

For more information, comments and suggestions please call: Louella A. Tomas, Information Officer III/Chief, PECIS Office Tel. No. (078) 304-6693; PDEA Hotline – 09178128699

4 DRUG PERSONALITIES BUSTED IN TWO SEPARATE ANTI- ILLEGAL DRUG OPERATIONS IN AND

Elements of PDEA Regional Office 2 Northern Cagayan and Nueva Vizcaya Teams collared four (4) drug personalities in two separate buy-bust operations yesterday, February 7, 2017 at about 6:30 PM and 11:30 PM in San Antonio, Aparri, Cagayan and Roxas, Solano, Nueva Vizcaya respectively.

DIR III LAUREFEL P. GABALES, MDM, Regional Director, PDEA Regional Office 2 identified the suspects as MARK B. ALLARIAO @ “NONOY” (Watchlisted), 42 years old, married, jobless and a resident of Maura, Aparri, Cagayan and ERWIN R. MERAM, 54 years old, married, former Jail Guard of the Provincial Jail and residing in San Antonio, Aparri, Cagayan.

Confiscated from the suspects were two (2) pieces of small heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance believed to be “Shabu” weighing MOL .10 gram with an estimated market value of One Thousand Three Hundred Pesos (Php 1, 300.00) and one (1) unit mobile phone.

Meanwhile, PDEA Set Nueva Vizcaya arrested REX PASCUA y BUTAC and LEONORA SALVADORA y REYES after conspiring with each other in selling one (1) piece small heat-sealed of transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance suspected to be “Shabu” worth Two Thousand Pesos (Php 2,000.00).

Confiscated during the operation were one (1) piece small heat-sealed of transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance suspected to be “Shabu” and assorted drug paraphernalia.

Republic of the Philippines Office of the President PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REGIONAL OFFICE II Camp Marcelo Adduru, Tuguegarao City 3500 [email protected] /Telephone/fax # 304-6693

ALLARIAO and MERAM will be facing charges for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs) in relation to Section 26 para B (Conspiracy) while PASCUA and SALVADORA will be facing charges for violations of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs) in relation to Section 26 para B (Conspiracy), Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs) and Section 12 (Possession of Equipment, Instrument, Apparatus and Other Paraphernalia for Dangerous Drugs) of RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002).

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Republic of the Philippines Office of the President PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REGIONAL OFFICE II Camp Marcelo Adduru, Tuguegarao City 3500 [email protected] /Telephone/fax # 304-6693

PRESS RELEASE # 2017-03

DATE : February 23, 2017

AUTHORITY : DIR III LAUREFEL P. GABALES, MDM Regional Director, PDEA RO2

For more information, comments and suggestions please call: Louella A. Tomas, Information Officer III/Chief, PECIS Office Tel. No. (078) 304-6693; PDEA Hotline – 09178128699

2 PNP/PDEA WATCHLISTED DRUG PERSONALITIES BUSTED IN NUEVA VIZCAYA

Intensifying its all-out-war drive against drug use and abuse, two (2) more Watchlisted drug personalities were busted in Nueva Vizcaya by PDEA operatives before noon, yesterday.

Elements of PDEA Regional Office 2 conducted buy-bust operation at Purok 6, Sto. Domingo Proper, Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya on February 22, 2017 at about 11:00 in the morning which resulted in the arrest of MARVIN ABELLO y GONZALES, 44 years old, married, farmer and a resident of Purok 2, Sto. Domingo, Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya and ALAN ESTEBAN y MANUEL, 49 years old, also a farmer and a resident of Purok 4, Sto. Domingo, Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya.

Both Abello and Esteban are in the PNP/PDEA Watchlisted Drug Personalities in the province of Nueva Vizcaya.

Confiscated from the suspects were two (2) pieces of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing white crystalline substance suspected to be Methamphetamine Hydrochloride known as Shabu weighing MOL 0.2 gram with an estimated market value of Two Thousand Pesos (Php2,000.00) and assorted drug paraphernalia.

Cases for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs) in relation to para b (Conspiracy), Section 11 (Possession) and Section 12 (Paraphernalia) of RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002) are being prepared for filing in court against the suspects.

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Republic of the Philippines Office of the President PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REGIONAL OFFICE II Camp Marcelo Adduru, Tuguegarao City 3500 [email protected] /Telephone/fax # 304-6693

PRESS RELEASE # 2017-04

DATE : February 24, 2017

AUTHORITY : DIR III LAUREFEL P. GABALES, MDM Regional Director, PDEA RO2

For more information, comments and suggestions please call: Louella A. Tomas, Information Officer III/Chief, PECIS Office Tel. No. (078) 304-6693; PDEA Hotline – 09178128699

2 YOUNG BAR ENTERTAINERS ARRESTED IN SANTIAGO CITY

In need of having additional income, two (2) young bar entertainers opted to drug pushing which resulted to their arrest in Santiago City on February 23, 2017.

PDEA Regional Office 2 operatives nabbed LOVELY JOY PAGTUD y ALCAIDE, 23 years old, single and a resident of Centro West, Santiago City and GEMMA ORENDAIN y HILO, 22 years old, single and a resident of Calao East, Santiago City during a buy-bust operation at Zaragoza Street, Calao East, Santiago City, on February 23, 2017 at about 3:30 in the afternoon.

Confiscated from the said operation were six (6) pieces of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing white crystalline substance suspected to be Methamphetamine Hydrochloride known as Shabu weighing MOL 1 gram with an estimated market value of Five Thousand Pesos (Php5,000.00).

PAGTUD and ORENDAR will be facing charges for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs) and Section 11 (Possession) of RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002).

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Republic of the Philippines Office of the President PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REGIONAL OFFICE II Camp Marcelo Adduru, Tuguegarao City 3500 [email protected] /Telephone/fax # 304-6693

PRESS RELEASE # 2017-05

DATE : February 26, 2017

AUTHORITY : DIR III LAUREFEL P. GABALES, MDM Regional Director, PDEA RO2

For more information, comments and suggestions please call: Louella A. Tomas, Information Officer III/Chief, PECIS Office Tel. No. (078) 304-6693; PDEA Hotline – 09178128699

53 Y.O. CHIEF TANOD BUSTED FOR SELLING MJ IN CITY

Elements of PDEA Regional Office 2 busted JOHN DELA ROSA y EVANGELISTA @ “CHIEF”, 53 years old, married and Chief Tanod of Barangay Baculod, Ilagan City during a buy-bust operation at Barangay Sto. Tomas, infront of Public Cemetery, Ilagan City on February 25, 2017 at about 6:00 o’clock in the morning.

Confiscated from the said operation were six (6) pieces of rolled dried suspected Marijuana leaves with fruiting tops wrapped in a piece of notebook; One (1) pack of suspected Marijuana leaves wrapped in a newspaper weighing MOL 6 grams with an estimated market value of One Thousand Pesos (Php1,000.00).

Cases for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs) and Section 11 (Possession) of RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002) are being prepared for filing in court against the suspect.

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Republic of the Philippines Office of the President PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REGIONAL OFFICE II Camp Marcelo Adduru, Tuguegarao City 3500 [email protected] /Telephone/fax # 304-6693

PRESS RELEASE # 2017-06

DATE : February 27, 2017

AUTHORITY : DIR III LAUREFEL P. GABALES, MDM Regional Director, PDEA RO2

For more information, comments and suggestions please call: Louella A. Tomas, Information Officer III/Chief, PECIS Office Tel. No. (078) 304-6693; PDEA Hotline – 09178128699

2 TRICYCLE DRIVERS; SPOUSE; NABBED IN TUGUEGARAO CITY

It was a gloomy early Sunday morning for Genaro, Daniel and spouse, Maricris after being arrested by PDEA Regional Office 2 operatives on February 26, 2017 at about 2:30 in the morning during a buy-bust operation at Annafunan West, Tuguegarao City.

DIR III Laurefel P. Gabales, MDM, Regional Director, PDEA RO2 identified the suspects as GENARO NARAG y RAMOS @ “JERRY”, 32 years old, tricycle driver and a resident of Annafunan East, Tuguegarao City; DANIEL BAUTISTA JR. y LANGCAY @ “JONG”, 26 years old, married and a resident of Annafunan East, Tuguegarao City and MARICRIS BAUTISTA y BALISI, 25 years old wife of Daniel.

Confiscated from the said operation were two (2) pieces of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing white crystalline substance suspected to be Shabu weighing MOL 0.01 gram with an estimated market value of Two Thousand Pesos (Php2,000.00) and suspected dried marijuana leaves wrapped in white stationery paper weighing MOL 4 grams with an estimated market value of One Hundred Pesos (Php100.00).

Cases for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs) and Section 11 (Possession) of RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002) are being prepared for filing in court against the suspects.

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