3 drug pushers apprehended in Isabela


DELFIN ALBANO, Isabela – Three suspected drug pushers were arrested and two minors were rescued in a recent buy-bust operation in Barangay Ragan Sur here.

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 2 Director Levi S. Ortiz identified the suspects as Emerson, 19; John Russel Saquing, 20, and Janmark Pazzibugan Apostol, 21. 

The two minors were turned over to the local Social Welfare Development Officer for counseling and debriefing.

Seized from the suspects were 805 grams of dried marijuana leaves with an estimated market value of P96,600, drug paraphernalia, four cellular phones, and the buy-bust money.

Drug-related charges will be filed against the suspects.