PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives dismantled three drug dens in separate operations in Rizal, Laguna and Zambales, the agency reported yesterday.
The operations also resulted in the arrest of 12 suspects and seizure of nearly P150,000 worth of shabu, PDEA said in separate statements.
At 5:40 p.m. on Saturday, PDEA conducted a buy-bust operation in Sitio Manalite, Barangay Bagong Nayon in Antipolo City, Rizal, leading to the arrest of four people identified by their aliases Dekdek, Ferdinand, John and Adrian.
Operatives also dismantled the drug den allegedly being maintained by alias Dekdek.
Seized during the operation were five grams of shabu worth P34,400, the buy-bust money and drug paraphernalia.
In Zambales, PDEA operatives also dismantled another drug den shortly after a similar buy-bust operation in Barangay Calapandayan, Subic, at 6:46 p.m. on Saturday.
Arrested during the operation were the drug den operator, alias Kaste, and three other suspects — Mar, Ron-Ron, and Aldo.
Recovered from the four were 10 grams of shabu worth P68,000, sniffing paraphernalia and the buy-bust money.
The third drug den was dismantled in Barangay Timbao, Biñan City in Laguna last Friday afternoon, PDEA said.
It said it conducted a buy-bust operation in the area at 3:18 p.m., resulting in the arrest of four suspects – Karen, Lito, Nono, and a minor – and dismantling of the drug den.
Seized from the four were six grams of shabu worth P40,8000, the buy-bust money and drug paraphernalia.
Police seized P102,000 worth of suspected dangerous drugs and apprehended a 16-year-old boy in a buy-bust operation in Taytay, Rizal last Friday.
Col. Feloteo A. Gonzalgo, Rizal provincial police office PPO director, said the boy would be brought to the DSWD to undergo psychological evaluation to determine whether he could be criminally charged or not.
Seized from him was a sachet containing more or less 15 grams of suspected shabu. – With Christian Oineza
