Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 8) — Authorities confiscated a total of P16-million worth of marijuana during two separate drug bust operations in Mountain Province Saturday night.
Some 109 kilos of drugs amounting to P13-million were seized from army reservist Joseph Petilona, Mark Kevin Guzman, Nini Acio, Princess Gina, and a minor at a checkpoint in Sitio Pak-kil, Bontoc around 9:30 p.m. Also confiscated during the operation was a firearm from Petilona.
After the seizure in Sitio Pak-kil, operatives also arrested three drug suspects at a checkpoint in Sitio Lagcangeo, Bontoc at around 11 p.m.
The suspects Jerald Escanillas, John Vincent Santos, and Princess Diana Kling yielded some 27 kilos of marijuana bricks and tubulars amounting to over P3-million. Ryan Joe Courpin, another suspect, initially managed to evade arrest but was eventually captured by police on Sunday morning.
All eight suspects will face raps for violation of the Republic Act No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act.
