P2.52-M Dried Marijuana

TWENTY-ONE KILOGRAMS of dried marijuana leaves worth P2,520,000 were seized while two drug personalities were arrested during a buy-bust operation of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-CAR Baguio/Benguet and Mt. Province Provincial Office in Burnham-Legarda, Baguio City on July 11. The suspects, 43 and 52 years old, whose names are withheld, were caught with 20 pieces of dried marijuana bricks and one elongated form after engaging in a transaction with an undercover agent. Regional Director Derrick Arnold C Carreon said the suspects are from Bakun, Benguet and Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija. They are currently in the custody of the PDEA-Cordillera, and charges are being filed against them for violating Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.