SUBIC RAID NETS DRUG DEN OPERATOR, 11 PATRONS

BY KEVIN GALANG

OPERATIVES on Wednesday arrested a drug den  operator and 11 of his patrons in a raid in Bgy. Calapacuan, Subic, Zambales.

In a report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio Penones Jr., members of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit  Subic police, together with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Zambales, Zambales Provincial Intelligence Unit and Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, dismantled the drug den in Bgy. Calapacuan.

Subic police chief Lt. Col. Joe Louiesi Lo Jr. said arrested were drug den operator alias “Belo,” 46, of Bgy. Calapacuan, Subic; physical therapist alias “Alou,” of Bgy. Calapacuan; alias “Latip,” 37, of Bgy. Calapacuan; driver alias “Vigir,” 48, of Bgy. San Isidro, Botolan; alias “Rio,” 48,of Bgy. San Nicolas, Castillejos; alias “Gonzales” 19, of San Pablo, Castillejos; construction worker alias “Enver,” 25, of San Pablo, Castillejos;  vendor alias “Elarde”, 26, of Bgy. Barreto Olongapo City; alias “Norman,” 30, of Bgy. Baraca Camachile, Subic; laborer alias “Quino,” 55, of Bgy. Sto. Tomas, Subic; alias “Edison,” 43, of Bgy. Wawandue, Subic; and alias “Bacho,” 48, of San Marcelino Zambales.

Seized were around six grams of shabu with a standard drug price of P40,800. 

All arrested suspects were brought to the Subic Police Station facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.