Story by Calbayog Journal
With reports from Eleen Lim
With reports from Eleen Lim
CALBAYOG CITY – Three subjects were found liable for possession of prohibited drugs and paraphernalia when members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) team simultaneously carried-out three separate Search Warrants (SW) in three different houses in Barangay Balud in the afternoon of December 03, 2017.
Bringing with them three Search Warrants issued by Executive Judge Reynaldo Clemens of the Regional Trial Court – Branch 31, the PDEA team led by Agent Leonard Obong of PDEA-Calbayog Field Office together with members of the Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB) of the Philippine National Police (PNP), performed simultaneous search operations in three different houses were the three subjects, Wilan Amaro, Rolando Cagomoc and Rodrigo Ruado are respectively residing.
The simultaneous search was carried-out subsequently after a buy-bust operations was conducted on the primary target, Wilan Amaro.
Bringing with them three Search Warrants issued by Executive Judge Reynaldo Clemens of the Regional Trial Court – Branch 31, the PDEA team led by Agent Leonard Obong of PDEA-Calbayog Field Office together with members of the Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB) of the Philippine National Police (PNP), performed simultaneous search operations in three different houses were the three subjects, Wilan Amaro, Rolando Cagomoc and Rodrigo Ruado are respectively residing.
The simultaneous search was carried-out subsequently after a buy-bust operations was conducted on the primary target, Wilan Amaro.
Seized from the house of Amaro, who managed to elude arrest, were six (6) pieces small sachets containing suspected shabu; one (1) large sachet containing suspected shabu weighing 1.10 grams, more or less; and one piece medium sachet with residue of suspected shabu and various drug paraphernalia. More or less, 1.20 grams of suspected shabu were confiscated from the house of Amaro.
Found and confiscated from the house of Ruado were six (6) pieces of small heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet of suspected shabu with an estimated street value of Php3,000.00 and several drug paraphernalia.
One (1) piece large heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet and five (5) pieces small sachets, all containing suspected shabu estimated to weight 0.90 gram, more or less, estimated to cost Php4,500.00 and several drug paraphernalia were seized from the house of Cagomoc.
Found and confiscated from the house of Ruado were six (6) pieces of small heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet of suspected shabu with an estimated street value of Php3,000.00 and several drug paraphernalia.
One (1) piece large heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet and five (5) pieces small sachets, all containing suspected shabu estimated to weight 0.90 gram, more or less, estimated to cost Php4,500.00 and several drug paraphernalia were seized from the house of Cagomoc.
All of the three suspects, Amaro, Cagomoc and Ruada will face separate charges for violation of Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs) and Section 12 (Possession of Paraphernalia). Only Amaro will be charged for Violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs).
Cagomoc and Ruada were arrested during the operations and both temporarily detained at the city’s police lock-up facility awaiting disposition of the cases filed against them while a sustained manhunt operations is on-going for the arrest of Amaro.(CJ)
Cagomoc and Ruada were arrested during the operations and both temporarily detained at the city’s police lock-up facility awaiting disposition of the cases filed against them while a sustained manhunt operations is on-going for the arrest of Amaro.(CJ)
