BAKUN, Benguet – The town’s top drug personality was arrested by combined police operatives and intelligence agents based on a warrant for violation of the provisions of Republic Act (RA) 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act in his residence at Padawan, Kayapa, here, Sunday.
Senior Superintendent Florante Camuyot, officer-in-charge of the Benguet Provincial Police Office, identified the wanted drug personality as Ernesto Abideo Apostor, legal age, native resident Padawan, Kayapa, Bakun, Benguet.
He was arrested by virtue of a warrant issued by Judge Manuel R. Aquino of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 34 in Balauan, La Union for violation of the provisions of RA 9165 with no bill recommended for his temporary liberty.
The arrested wanted individual was subsequently brought to the Bakun Municipal Police Station for documentation prior to his turnover to the issuing court for the proper disposition of the case filed against him.
By Dexter A. See