Suspect Patrick John Adajar, 18, once worked in Japan as a waiter, but turned to selling the hallucinogenic drug to young professionals, which he found more profitable.
Deputy Director General Ricardo de Leon, head of the Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force (AIDSOTF), presented Adajar to media at Camp Crame yesterday.
De Leon expressed alarm over Adajar’s revelation that more and more young professionals like doctors, nurses and company managers are now getting hooked on illegal drugs.
"Probably because of their stressful environment, they take drugs just to escape their problems," De Leon said. "We will act on this revelation before it’s too late."
Adajar claimed he arrived in the country last December after a six-month stay in Japan.
He said a friend introduced him to a "source," who sold him ecstasy for only P900 per tablet.
Through text messaging, Adajar managed to sell the drugs to buyers at almost double the price.
Superintendent Arnold Aguilar, of the AIDSOTF Special Operations Unit 2, received information on the illegal activities of Adajar and immediately put him under surveillance for a period of two weeks.
Using an informant, AID SOTF ordered five ecstasy tablets from Adajar, who agreed to deliver the same in front a food house along N. Domingo street.
Adajar was arrested after receiving P5,000 in marked money from PO2 Alexander Alvarez, who posed as the buyer of five ecstasy tablets.
A subsequent search of the suspect’s vehicle yielded another 74 tablets beneath the driver’s seat.
Aguilar said 32 tablets were colored pink, called Coca-Cola flavor. The others were light blue (mushroom flavor) and light brown (brown arrow flavor)."
The tablets weighed a total 25 grams and are worth P79,000.
Aguilar said he tried to contact Adajar’s "source" and arrange a "transaction," but the suspect failed to show up.
De Leon ordered the filing of drug pushing and possession charges against Adajar before the San Juan prosecutor’s office.
He is currently detained at the AIDSOTF office in Camp Crame. – Non Alquitran