PRO 6 lauds team who busted P8.1-M illegal drugs
By Vincent P. Grecia
Police Regional Office (PRO) 6 Director PBGen Leo Francisco lauded the team that successfully busted a
supposed delivery of illegal drugs which resulted to the recovery of PhP 8.1 million worth of suspected
shabu.
Regional Police Drugs Enforcement Unit (RPDEU) 6 headed by Police Major Rommel Anicete intercepted
an elderly lady drug courier from Manila last March 28, 2023.
They conducted a buy bust operation against 27-year-old Noe Llagas, Jr. of Brgy. Ungka, Jaro, Iloilo City
who later led them to the courier named Estrelita Buena a.k.a. Madam Ester, 68 years old, from
Novaliches, Quezon City.
Bueno traveled from Batangas via a roro vessel and travelled to the city by bus. They were intercepted
by police operatives in Brgy. Buhang, Jaro.
Police recovered from Llagas one sachet of suspected shabu worth P72,000. Additional six big sachets
were recovered from him while five big sachets were also recovered from Bueno.
“It was again a huge accomplishment for PRO6, let us continue to strive in recording up these drug lords
and eliminating them from the society,” Francisco said.
Anicete said they have been monitoring the movements of Llagas and Bueno for about six months.
He believed that the drugs brought by Bueno is not only intended for Llagas but also for other
distributors.
“Ang maganda dun nauna kami, nahuli namin agad. Hindi na siya nakapag-distribute. Hindi lang para sa
isang tao ang [dala ni Madam Ester]. Marami pang tao ‘yan. Nagka-conduct na kami ng drug link kung
sino ang connection nitong si Noe Llagas,” Anicete said in an interview with dyOK Aksyon Radyo.
Bueno, on the other hand, denied that she has knowledge that the package she was carrying contain
illegal drugs.
She said that a woman approached her to bring the package to Iloilo City for a fee.
Being a senior citizen and jobless she accepted the offer not knowing that she was carrying illegal drugs.
Anicete, however, believed otherwise. “That’s part of her alibi na lang [na hind niya daw alam]. Base sa
pag-imbestiga namin sa kanya, talagang involved siya at alam niya kung ano ang dala niya sa karton na
‘yan. Sumusweldo siya ng P7,000 para sa pagdadala ng mga yan,” he said.
