LUBUAGAN, Kalinga December 12 – Four persons were arrested by combined police operatives and intelligence agents after having found in their possession suspected dried marijuana leaves during a police checkpoint at Pokok, Dangoy, here, Sunday.
Police authorities identified the arrested individuals as Ranny Antolin Serquina, 34, married and a resident of Tinglayan, Kalinga. Two of the male passengers who were later identified as Samboy Padilla Tejeroaka Juggy, 22, single and Jester Baclay Dy, 19, single, both OSY and residents of Monuz West, Roxas, Isabela.
Initial police investigation showed that the law enforcers were manning a police checkpoint in the place of arrest when they flagged down the van where the said individuals were on board and during the search, they were able to confiscated from their possession alleged marijuana leaves weighing at least 20 grams.
The arrested individuals were brought to the Lubuagan Municipal Police Station while the confiscated illegal drugs were brought to the crime laboratory for the conduct of the necessary tests.
By Dexter A. See