Disco DJ caught selling Ecstasy pill in buy-bust

A 22-year-old man, claiming to be a disc jockey of a disco pub at barangay Banilad, was arrested after he allegedly sold an “ecstasy pill” to a policeman in a buy-bust yesterday dawn.

The suspect was, Mon Angelo Congmon, popularly known in the area as “DJ Mon” and a resident of Lomboy Street in Banawa, barangay Guadalupe.

Supt. Pablo Labra III, commander of the City Anti-Illegal Drug Special Operations Task Force, said they earlier received several reports about “ecstasy pills” being sold in various high-end disco bars in the city.

Labra said the drug is expensive and only children of rich families could afford to buy it in discos where they usually hang out.

The Labra team finally arrested Congmon after selling one Ecstasy pill to a police poseur buyer who disguised himself as a son of a well-off family. The poseur paid Congmon two P500 marked bills for the drug.

Sr. Insp. George Ylanan, chief of the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Branch, who led the operation said “ecstasy” is considered a “high-end drug” because aside from being expensive, it is not readily available.

Congmon’s arrest led to the discovery of 15 more ecstasy pills from his possession and another 32 pills from his car in the parking area where the buy bust was done.

The operation started with a test-buy last October 6 against Congmon. When the police learned from the PNP Crime Laboratory that the pill is deemed a dangerous drug, a buy-bust was then set.

Congmon, however, insisted that ecstasy pill does not have chemical component of methamphetamine, as in shabu, refuting Labra’s earlier claim.

He even dared authorities to do a research of the pill. “It’s not actually metamphetamine…actually it is more on a happy pill… ecstasy is not the same as shabu,” Congmon said while covering his face with his hands from reporters.

The police then showed Congmon a copy of the Primer on the Dangerous Drugs Act, or Republic Act 9165, stating the chemical component of “ecstasy” pill.

Congmon refused to comment when asked about his suppliers and who are his usual customers. The police will be filing charges for violation of the Section 5 and Section 11 of the RA 9165 this Tuesday. — Edwin Ian Melecio/RAE