Republic of the Philippines Office of the President PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY Regional Office CAR Camp Bado Dangwa, La Trinidad 2601, Benguet
[email protected] (074) 422-5544 JULY 2017 SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT a. Two (2) Drug Pushers Fall in Separate Operation On July 3, 2017 at around 6:45 PM, joint elements of PDEA-CAR, Baguio SEU, BCPO Station 3 and BCPO- DEU conducted a buy-bust operation at waiting shed along Leonard Wood Road., and Jungle Town Road, Baguio City which resulted in the arrest of Edgardo Covacha y Divina, male, Filipino, 52 years old, married, watch listed, newly identified member of UNO DRUG GROUP and presently residing at # 19 Irisan, Baguio City. Confiscated during the said operation were three (3) pieces heat sealed transparent plastic sachets containing white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu weighing MOL 0.5 grams with estimated market value of MOL Two Thousand Six Hundred ( Php 2,600.00) pesos. Six (6) pieces Five Hundred boodle money and one (1) Nokia cellular phone. A case for violation of RA 9165 is being prepared for filing in the court against the suspect. After seven (7) hours on the same day, joint elements of PDEA-CAR, Benguet SEU and BCPO Staion 1, conducted a buy-bust operation at Campo Filipino, Baguio City which resulted in the arrest of Christian Louie Lapitan y Refugio a.k.a “LOUIE”, male, single, 26 years old, and resident of # 33 Upper Fairview, Baguio City. Confiscated during the said operation were; one (1) heat sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu weighing MOL 5 grams with an estimated market value of twenty six thousand ( Php 26,000.00 ) pesos; one ( 1 ) piece genuine one thousand peso ( 1,000.00 ); and fourteen ( Page 1 of 5 14 ) pieces one thousand boodle money used as a buy-bust money.