SANTA BARBARA, Pangasinan – A drug den was dismantled and the maintainer and six of his patrons were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Ventinilla here on Monday morning, March 11.

MAP of Pangasinan with the town of Santa Barbara highlighted.
Police identified the suspects as drug den maintainer Henry Meneses Lopez, 37; and customers Joseph Andrew del Prado Reyes, 41; Cosme Jose dela Cruz Echanes, 35; Richard Tinambon Reyes, 22; Evangelyn de Guzman Dudang, 44; Charlene Santiago Macaraeg, 28, and Mercedita Cendaña Reyes, 30, all residents of this town.
Seized from the suspects were seven heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing suspected shabu and drug paraphernalia.
The operation was conducted by the police in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 1 (Ilocos).
Lawmen have yet to determine the value of the illegal drugs.