P102,000 shabu seized; village watchman, 3 others nabbed in Camarines Sur alleged drug den

LEGAZPI CITY — Anti-narcotics operatives arrested four suspected drug personalities, including a barangay tanod (village watchman), and recovered P102,000 worth of “shabu” (crystal meth) in a buy-bust operation in Caramoan town in Camarines Sur province on Saturday morning, March 11.

Mark Anthony Viray, chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Camarines Sur, said in a report that Jose Fernan Llagas, 33; Gesel Angeles, 23; Cyrus Kim Hernandez; 30; and Richard Dianela, 47, were arrested in Barangay (village) Orocosoc at around 10:05 a.m.

Dianela, the village watchman of Barangay 4 in Garchitorena town, was a visitor at the alleged drug den operated by Llagas.

Viray told the Inquirer in a chat message that Llagas was identified as the supplier of illegal drugs in the said town and to some tourists in various beach resorts.

Recovered were five sachets or 15 grams of shabu, five transparent plastic sachets with traces of illegal drugs, aluminum foils with a residue of shabu, and other drug tools.

The suspects were facing charges of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

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