PDEA SMASHES MAKESHIFT DRUG DEN IN PAMPANGA

BY KEVIN GALANG

MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga – Anti-drug operatives on Friday smashed a makeshift drug den, arrested five drug suspects and seized over P100,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in  Purok San Isidro, Bgy. Dau, this city.

Nabbed were alleged drug den operator Jessy Tiglao, 39, of Pamintuan Village,  Bgy. Dau, Mabalacat; Romeo Bundalian, 55, of  Lourdes Park,  Bamban, Tarlac; Emer Lebas, 43, of San Nicolas, San Fernando, Pampanga; Jojie Cabilles, 37, of San Isidro,  Bgy. Dau; and an 18-year-old resident of Carnation St., Bgy. Dau.

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 3 said the suspects yielded around 15 grams of shabu worth P103,000, assorted sniffing paraphernalia, and the marked money.

The operation was conducted by joint operatives of the PDEA Tarlac and the Pampanga police.

All arrested suspects were charged with violation of Republic Act 9165 or the the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.