CLARK FREEPORT — A customs officer and his three cohorts were arrested in an illegal drugs operation in Barangay Sto. Domingo 1st, Capas, Tarlac by anti-narcotics agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region III on Tuesday (May 5).
PDEA Regional Director Jeoffrey C. Tacio identified the suspects as Mark Anthony S. Del Castillo, 41, a resident of Barangay San Miguel, Tarlac City; Irineo M. Razon, 38, a resident of Sto. Domingo 1st Capas, Tarlac; Armon T. Vistan, 20, of Sta. Lucia, Capas, Tarlac; and Aries C. Catacutan, 35, of Talaga, Capas, Tarlac.
Tacio said the suspects yielded four small heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu weighing a total of 75 grams and assorted drug paraphernalia.
The suspects are now detained at the PDEA Jail Facility in Camp Olivas, City of San Fernando.
Charges for violation of Sections 6, 7, 11, 12 and 15 Article II of RA 9165 are being readied for filing in court against the suspects.
