DRUG DEN. Three drug suspects, one of them a job order municipal employee, are arrested during a raid at an alleged drug den in Rosario, Agusan del Sur on Monday (March 6, 2023). Authorities said they confiscated from the three an estimated PHP75,000 worth of suspected shabu. (Photo courtesy of PDEA-13)
BUTUAN CITY – A job order employee of the local government of Rosario town in Agusan del Sur province was arrested with two others during an operation at a drug den on Monday evening.
In a statement Tuesday, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 13 (Caraga) identified the arrested drug suspects as Vonn Mazo, a job order employee; Junmark Goloran Plaza, the alleged drug den maintainer; and a certain Alvin Dendero.
PDEA-13 said the three were found inside the drug den by the joint team of PDEA and Rosario police operatives in Purok 6, Barangay Buhisan of the municipality.
“A drug den is a place where any dangerous drug and/or controlled precursor and essential chemical is administered, delivered, stored for illegal purposes, distributed, sold, or used in any form,” it said.
Shabu items with an estimated street value of PHP75,000 were seized from the suspects, it said, adding that charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2022 have been filed against them. (PNA)
