PDEA nabs Russian father and son selling Ecstasy

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Monday charged a Russian man and his 23-year-old son for allegedly selling the party drug Ecstasy in Angeles City, north of this Pampanga capital.

Vladislav Rozhdestvensky, 64, and his son Boris, were arrested Saturday in a drug bust on Fields Avenue in Barangay (village) Malabanias, said Gil Pabilona, PDEA Central Luzon director.

Boris lives in Barangay Dau in nearby Mabalacat City. His father is based in Sta. Monica, California, in the United States.

PDEA seized 27 ecstasy pills worth P54,000, a gram of cocaine worth P5,800, and five grams of marijuana dried leaves worth P600.

The Russians are detained at the PDEA regional jail in the City of San Fernando. /cbb