Baguio resident nabbed over drugs sale

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines  – A Baguio resident allegedly acting as middleman between shabu suppliers in Cavite and shabu distributors in Baguio City and Benguet, was busted at the height of the month-long  Panagbenga revelries.

Exploiting the influx of tourists during the festival,  Baguio native Ferdinand Cruz, alias “Jay-R”, 30, who resides both in Lieutenant Mario Castro Street, Caridad, Cavite City, Cavite, and Iron Street, Upper Quezon Hill, this city, was caught 12:45 p.m. on February 28 selling 2.15 grams of shabu and one glass pipe to an undercover agent of PDEA – Cordillera.

Cruz, who according to PDEA-Cordillera also sells drug paraphernalia, was busted at Tadiangan, Tuba, Benguet.

During the entrapment operation, Cruz unknowingly sold  three heat-sealed, transparent, plastic sachets containing shabu, valued at about P19,000 to a PDEA agent. - Artemio A. Dumlao