SunStar
+ April 13, 2021 A DRUG trafficker was arrested after trying to escape from operatives of the Regional Intelligence Division (RID) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Tabuk City, Kalinga by jumping into the Chico river.
“Escape gone wrong,” said Kalinga Provincial Police Office (KPPO) Director Police Colonel Davy Limmong after Ruben Appag, 27, of Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga, was arrested after his failed attempt to evade arrest.
Appag was rescued by personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection. He sustained several injuries after jumping into the river.
Confiscated from the suspect were two bags containing four tubes and 19 bricks of suspected marijuana dried leaves and stalks with an estimated weight of around 23 kilos and worth P2,760,000.