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LUCENA CITY — Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives and police dismantled on Wednesday, May 22, an alleged drug den and arrested six suspects in Santa Rosa City, Laguna province.
A belated report by the PDEA-Region 4A on Thursday disclosed that Edward Stafford, 54; Nilo Tamayo, 65; Felimon Gutlay, 38; Jayr Siaron, 25; Rodel Saban, 33; and John Carlo De Leon, 20, were arrested at 6:50 p.m. during a buy-bust operation in a suspected drug den in Barangay Dita.
The report tagged Stafford as the target of the operation and the alleged drug den maintainer, but did not clarify the presence of the other suspects.
The operatives seized 10 grams of shabu (crystal meth) worth P68,000 and various drug paraphernalia from the arrested suspects.
The six suspects were detained, and cases of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 are being prepared against them.