THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) closed down another drug den resulting in the arrest of the owner and visitor of the illegal facility for selling and using shabu in Jaro, Iloilo.

PDEA Director General Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez Jr. identified the suspects as Jomarie A. Obregon, alias “Loncio”, 42, and Edwin Jaspe, 39.

Operatives of PDEA Regional Office 6 nabbed Obregon in his residence utilized as a drug den in Bgy. San Isidro, Tabuc Suba, Jaro, Iloilo City, after he sold one sachet of shabu to a poseur-buyer. 

Obregon yielded more shabu bundled in one big plastic pack and five plastic sachets in varying sizes.  PDEA agents also recovered empty sachets with shabu residue and drug paraphernalia.  Jaspe, who was in Obregon’s house when the operation was conducted, was also arrested.

Obregon and Jaspe face charges for selling (Section 5) and possession (Section 11) of dangerous drugs in violation of Article II, Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.  Additional charges for violating Section 7 (Employee and Visitor of Drug Den) of the anti-drug law were also filed against the suspects.

Meanwhile, three male drug pushers were nabbed by PDEA-RO11 agents in two separate entrapment operations. 

Kamal Munib, alias Tamal, 29, and Jade Christopher Reyes, 26, were arrested in  Sto. Niño, Agdao, Davao City, after selling one plastic sachet of shabu to a poseur-buyer. 

Five hours later, Terence Jumamil, alias Renz, 27, was nabbed after selling two plastic sachets of shabu to a PDEA agent along Lapu-Lapu Extension.     Jun Icban Legaspi