LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Four people were arrested after P3.6 million worth of dried marijuana was seized in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera in Barangay Betag, La Trinidad, Benguet on May 7.

According to PDEA Regional Director Derrick Arnold Carreon, joint operatives nabbed the four peddlers after one of them sold 30 pieces of approximately 30 kilos of tubular-shaped marijuana wrapped in suspected dried marijuana leaves with stems.

In addition, a black Toyota Fortuner loaded with illegal drugs was also seized.

Carreon said two of the suspects are from Santol, La Union, while the other two are from Tublay, Benguet.

The suspects will face charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.