Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Couple nabbed for drugs

A team from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) based in the province arrested a couple engaged in selling the illegal substance methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as “shabu,” during a raid yesterday in Poblacion Norte, Carmen town.
The raid in the house of Eric Manayagan, 32, and wife Ma. Socorro Manayagan, 26, yielded 29 sachets of suspected shabu granules with an estimated street value of P80,000, PDEA Intelligence Officer 3 Felimon Ruiz said.
The PDEA agents who conducted the raid with police operatives based in Camp Dagohoy this city, obtained a search warrant from Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Fernando Fuentes III.
The couple was long suspected of pushing illegal drugs in the town of Carmen.
The raiding team brought the suspected shabu granules at the PNP crime laboratory for examination as charges for illegal possession of illegal drugs will be filed against the Managayan couple.

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