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epebiic of she Philippines DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NATIONAL PROSECUTION SERVICE Monaco the Provincial Prosecutor ‘Naval. {ps Docket No. WINE 1INO-2022- 1-900 IA V MARIA FIELINA M, BACHA, Compa vm or, Violation of Sec. 5 tn relation to ‘Sec. 26 [par. B] & See. 11 Art 11 of RA 9168 RODOLFO UMPACAN @ “Toto” MARIA UMPACAN @ “Mia”, Respondents we 1002 Date Assigned : February 1, 2022 Date Promulgated. Dave Resolved : March 9, 2022 NPS Docket No. VIII-14-INV-20228-000184% IA V MARIA FELINA M. BACHA, Complainant, For: Violation of Sec. 5, in relation to Sec 26 {par. B] & Sec. 11 of Art. 11 sversus- OFRA 9165 RODOLFO UMPACAN @ “Toto” MARIA UMPACAN @ “Mia”, Respondents. Date Promulgated Date Assigned : Febresary 10, 2022 Date Resolved : March 9, 2022 pay JOINT RESOLUTION 5 filed by LA V Maria consolidates the criminal cases for Violation of RA 916 conducted by the Philippine Drug This Felina M. Bacha, Team Leader of the operation Enforcement Agency, Biliran Provincial Office on January 31, 2022 in the Municipality of 1jPage eer RODOLFO UMPACAN @ yo, Kawayan, 8 ether, the sates UMPACAN x are intertwined withs each the same, the complaints are heteby ue that the the wvitmenses ana the pieces ittiew as according to the compl The factual the Biliran Provineial Office avers orromeo of PDEA assigned around 6:50 o'clock in the tion which was com his confidential informant that 101 Christopher Be fe that prior to the conduct of the buyb 2022, he receives to and his cohorts were engaged in an illegal drug activity evening of January 31, wat tip, he then immediately relayed a certain Rodolfo Umpacan @ , Biliran, Upon learning, ry 31, 2022, at around Thus, on Januat at the Kawayan ing LAV in Bray. Masagaosao, Kawa jd information to Provincial Officer IAV Bacha. 4a team that would conduct a briefing the sa 4.00 o'clock, IAV Bacha organized Municipal Police Station together with their confidential informant. During the br Bacha informed the joint team of operatives that a certain Rodolfo Umpacan @ Toto and cohorts were actively selling shabu in his residence located at Brgy. Masagaosao, Kawayan, Biliran. Further IAV Bacha informed the team that the confidential informant was already able to gain the trust and confidence of @Toto and that he could imtroduce the designated poseur-buyer [101 Borromeo] to him. Aside from the being the designated poseut-buyer, the .d as the evidence custodian at the same time, while PCpl Rocky latter was also designate Sabiano was assigned as back-up arresting officer and SOIL Regie Macutay as the photographer and videographer. The rest of the team were assigned as back-up and perimeter security. Tasked to call and contact the required insulating witnesses was Patrolman Eddie Roble, It was agreed during the briefing that the pre-arranged signal to signify that the transaction had already been consummated would be to drop a call to LAV Bacha, and it will be the duty of IAV Bacha to signal the rest of the team to inform the other members of the 2|Page ——7~we™”™”S—™-—~&.—“Mh Ft— nt SNE AX326372 which TOL seam regarding the consummation ofthe ransaction: acha handed vo 10} Borromeo one-piece S00-pe#0 Pi initiate "CWB" on the upper HiaNE PO Av o orocopied “Aner about an hoor for de peeparmtion ofthe Way spas operation 1 > Borromes and sat bourdicl va esomoreycie beaded crane Dewy. MAASAI team. They arrived near the the confiensial inform iran followed by the rest of the members of the «4.5:40.'ciock in the afternoon. Thereat, the poser buyer WAS mnsaction at the residence Kawaya area of the transaction at arot arrival near the gate of @Toto, informant that they would have their tra pants, together with a certain informed by the confide of Toro, thus, they proceeded to the said area. Upon thetr 101 Borromeo saw a man wearing white t-shirt and dark short Poe eerioe ene rene wits) red jueves) THe counentet ESS then ter motioned them to go nearer. The 9 as the buyer of the @Mia who ws exchanged pleasant confidential informant then introduced the “shabu”, Toto asked as to how much he would buy money at the same time. pocket of her jacket which she ies with @Toto and then thi poseur-buyer to @Toto ‘and when he replied that he was buying ‘Toto right away handed worth PhP 500.00 only handing him the the money to Mia and the latter took something from the {in tun Toto handed to 101 Borromeo, the poscur-buyer. The sanded to him containing white crystalline handed to Toto, and which jiece heat-sealed sachet hi “shabu. Thus, he dropped the agreed call and. latter scrutinized the one- substance which he believed right then to be declared himself to be PDEA operative and tried to get ade him lose his grip prompting the said respondent tried to « hold of Rodolfo Umpacan but the latter was able to push him hard which m: to get inside the house while his wife, Maria Umpacan attempted to lock the gate and that he used reasonable force to open the gate and chase both. tried to escape, she accidentally slipped on the floor that escape. IOI Borromeo claims sit down on the sofa. He declared arrest while the rest respondents. While Maria Umpacan he was able to hold her and made her of the team chased Rodolfo Umpacan. When the witnesses to the inventory arrived, IOLL Bernadette Cajara conducted body search on the person of Maria Umpacan and in the course 3] Pagey Ww Ee [1 neat sealed transparent 102 cain {11300 peso bl with SN AX926392 and ance which resembles "shabu! > whieh the Tater then sony Marlon Mecarai, Ms, Reana G. Coles and heat sealed sachet thereof she foo yet containing white £07 plastic aac aiued in the presence of MIAN tikewise marked the one piece ventory, the suspected shabu Were Hoo. Rayman Halo, Jt 1 was the subject of the sae, Aer the conduct of i for laboratory examin 101 Mo jon which results yielded known as “shaba” crime: laboratory stamine hydrochloride tocally men positive for the presence of methamphe Ing of the above-capeioned complaints he operation, Security Officer TT Regie R was the one who took the photographs. ‘This th ‘The designated photographer during Macutay of PDEA Regional Office VIII swore that he icted the handling of the money to IO1 Christopher He also took photographs during the conduct of at the residence during the briefing conducted which dep! Borromeo being the assigned poseur-buycr. ne recovered picees of evidence which took place he extracted the audio-video recordings 1e respondents, Further, the physical inventory of of the respondents. Moreover, he also swore that from the body-worn camera in a computer data in the presence of th no data was retained in 502 Regie Macutay certifies that in the extraction of the recording, their office nor a motion for retention of date was filed before the proper authorities. On the other side of the spectrum is the version of the respondents which we now ty to consider, Sister who works at the Kawayan National High School narrates ‘Maria Umpacan y that on January 31, 2022, she arrived from work in her house located in Brgy. Masagaosao, Kawayan, Bilan at around 5:20 o'clock in the afternoon. After changing her clothes, she wanted to rest early but they had no viand yet in the house so she bought some ampalaya, onion and cooking oil. When she went back to her house, she then washed and prepared the ampalaya for cooking, brought the chopping board, knife and ampalaya at the table in the 4[|Page has" ——=—~

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