A miner will be facing charges for violation of RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and RA 10591 or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunitions Act, after he was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Baguio City on March 20, 2022.
Citing the report reaching the Regional Director, PBGEN RONALD OLIVER LEE, the suspect was identified as Marvin Arsenio Aluyen, 33 years old and a resident of Happy Hollow, Baguio City.
Suspect Aluyen was arrested by joint operatives of Regional PNP Drug Enforcement Unit (RPDEU) and Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) after he sold two (2) heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets of suspected shabu weighing more or less 2 grams and a standard drug price (SDP) of Php 13,600.00 to an operative who acted as a poseur-buyer.
Further, in the course of the arrest, one 9mm pistol and a magazine with three live ammunition were seized from his possession.
Markings and inventory of pieces of evidence recovered were done on-site in the presence of the arrested suspect and witnessed by Prosecutor Don Immanuel Vergara and Barangay Kagawad Renato Flores of Outlook Drive, Baguio City.
The suspect was brought to the custody of BCPO Pacdal Police Station for documentation and proper disposition.