Documents: 4 arrested in Dededo drug bust, including alleged 'main pusher' in 'trap house'

Four individuals were arrested on Thursday in a Dededo property and later charged in connection with a weeks-long investigation into suspected drug sales, according to court documents.

Methamphetamine, a digital scale and glass pipes were among the items seized at the Dededo house that one witness described as a "trap house," where people go to smoke meth, based on an affidavit of probable cause from the Office of the Attorney General.

Arrested and charged, according to a magistrate's complaint filed on Oct. 4 in Superior Court, were:

At 2 p.m. on Sept. 5, the Guam Police Department conducting surveillance on the Dededo residence made a traffic stop of a Lexus with expired registration that left what authorities called the "target location." Police conducted a consensual search of the vehicle, court documents stated.

A glass pipe and a baggie containing 1.01 grams of a substance that tested positive for meth were found, based on the court documents.

The driver of the Lexus, Jerson Arongaw, told police he bought the meth at the target residence, where police had observed him earlier that day.

Arongaw, according to court documents, identified the person who sells him meth as a man he knows only as "Forty."

He said he bought the 1.01 grams of meth that police found in his car on Sept. 5 for $20 from Forty, documents said.

'Main pusher' in 'trap house'

Police detectives searched another vehicle, yielding a total of 2 grams of suspected meth which was field tested and found to be presumptively positive for meth.

The driver, Irvin White, told police he had bought the meth from a man he only knew as "40," according to court documents.

"White added that while other people at the (target location) sell methamphetamine, 40 is the 'main man' or 'main pusher' and most people go there to buy from him," court documents said. "White described the (target location) as a 'trap house' where people go with sole purpose of smoking methamphetamine."

White's passenger, Ronald Finona, told police he also buys meth from the location and "Gerald Fortie" has been his source for over a year, court documents stated.

Superior Court Judge Benjamin Sison Jr. on Sept. 26 signed a warrant for the search of the property, as well as certain vehicles known to remain on the property, in order to seize, among other things, drug-related evidence. The warrant was executed on Oct. 3 at around 6 a.m.

Supply obtained that morning

Based on court documents, police found Porte in a makeshift van/canopy with a prescription bottle containing several baggies of meth, a digital scale and a glass pipe.

Porte, documents stated, admitted to police that he sold the drug and that he obtained a supply as recently as just after midnight that day.

Police also found Ludwig as the only occupant of a room where a glass pipe containing residue of a substance that tested presumptively positive for meth, documents said.

He denied ownership and said many people share the room and dump their belongings on the ground, but admitted to smoking meth and acknowledged that people openly smoke at the location, documents stated.

Calpatura, according to court documents, was found hiding behind a truck when police arrived to execute the warrant. Five feet from him was a bag containing a substance that was later field tested and returned presumptive positive for meth.

Pocaigue, meanwhile, was found in a room at the opposite end of the van/canopy where Porte was discovered. In the room was a glass pipe with residue of suspected meth that was later field tested and presumptively positive for meth, documents stated.

With her in the room was Joshua Santos, who lived there. Pocaigue, according to court documents, admitted to owning the glass pipe, which Santos confirmed. She told police she buys meth from Porte.