PDEA Arrests 2 Women Peddling PHP225,000 Worth of Ecstacy in Makati

City of San Fernando, Pampanga — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Monday arrested two women selling ecstasy pills worth PHP225,000 in a Makati mall.

PDEA Region 3 Director Emerson Margate identified the women as Carmencita Rogar alias Chuchay, 47; and Glaiza Mae de Asis alias Ivy. Both are residents of 4481 Calatagan St., Barangay Palanan, Makati City.

Margate said his agents were able to negotiate for the purchase of 150 ecstasy tablets from the women, who agreed to meet inside a mall in Makati City.

The two were apprehended immediately after handing the pills to an operative posing as a buyer, Margate said, noting that the women tried to resist arrest, creating a commotion inside the mall.

The supects were detained at the PDEA 3 Jail Facility in Camp Olivas here. (PNA) CVL/ZST/FEM/PS