P3.6 million worth of marijuana bricks seized in Tuguegarao City

Police and the local unit of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Cagayan Valley seize dried marijuana leaves during an operation in Cauayan City. (File photo courtesy of PDEA)

TUGUEGARAO CITY — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Cagayan Valley seized 30 pieces of dried marijuana bricks worth P3.6 million in a buy-bust in this city on Saturday (July 20).

Report said Sunday (July 21) that at 2:20 p.m., state agents arrested a high-value target drug dealer, whose name was concealed due to data privacy.

The suspect reportedly yielded the marijuana bricks after receiving the undisclosed amount of boodle money from a PDEA asset.

Aside from the marijuana bricks, anti-drug agents also seized the suspect’s mobile phone, which police said he used in his drug transactions.

A case for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 is being readied, the PDEA added.