PDEA nabs La Union weed ‘cultivator’
‘The effort of PDEA is not only concentrated on eradication but also on ensuring that suspects are dealt with under the law.’
Daily Tribune‘The effort of PDEA is not only concentrated on eradication but also on ensuring that suspects are dealt with under the law.’
LA UNION — Persistence almost always pays off in the campaign against illegal drugs.
This after a suspected marijuana cultivator who evaded arrest during an operation in the town of Santol here in April was arrested in a follow-up operation by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
PDEA Regional Office I chief, Director Joel Plaza, identified the suspect arrested by virtue of a warrant as Renato Comela Celis, alias Celes or Seles.
During the operation, operatives uprooted nearly 8,000 fully grown marijuana plants worth P1,599,000, and seized over 35,000 pieces of marijuana seedlings worth P1,420,000 from six plantation sites.
Celis was charged with cultivating plants prohibited by the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
"The effort of PDEA is not only concentrated on eradication but also on ensuring that suspects are dealt with under the law," Plaza said.
