Mt. Province twin raids yield drugs, guns

Art Dumlao — December 12, 2024

Mt. Province twin raids yield drugs, guns

BAGUIO CITY (December 10, 2024) -- Drugs and illegal guns were seized by authorities during simultaneous raids on a house in barangay Otucan, Bauko town and in sitio Tam-awan, barangay Guinzadan Sur, Bauko town, both in Mountain Province on Monday.

 

Operatives from the Philippine National Police Provincial Drug Enforcement Group-Special Operations Unit Cordillera (PNP-PDEG SOU CAR), Mt. Province Provincial Police together with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera (PDEA-CAR), caught the owner of the house where eight sachets of shabu weighing around 10 grams valued at P50,000.00.

 

Other drug paraphernalia, firearms, and ammunition were also discovered, said PDEA-CAR regional director Derrick Carreon, prompting authorities to sue the suspect, whose name had been withheld yet.

 

A composite team of PDEA-Mt. Province agents together with policemen also raided a house

in Sitio Tam-awan, Brgy. Guinzadan Sur, Bauko, Mountain Province and seized six sachets of shabu weighing an estimated 22.5 grams reaching valued ₱112,000.00 in value, along with various drug paraphernalia.

 

The suspect, a 36-year-old mechanic , whose name had also been withheld, will be facing illegal drug charges while the caught drug suspect from Otucan, Bauko will also face drug charges and illegal firearms cases because of the seized firearms and ammunition from his house.

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