MARIJUANA

“At about 9:30 p.m. of December 6, while at the checkpoint at Baguio- La Trindad City limit, the vehicle described bearing plate no. ZHX 404, black in color, was flagged down but the driver ignored instead sped off towards the direction of Baguio City,” the report said.

Personnel of the checkpoint stopped and held the fleeing and speeding vehicle.

Police then requested the driver and passenger to roll down their windows and saw four pieces of tubes covered with green wrappers.

Police also requested the vehicle owner to open the tubes for verification and saw suspected flowering marijuana plants three pieces of suspected marijuana stalks in tubular form inside a bag. The marijuana

Recovered from the suspects were 7 tubular marijuana stalks weighing at least 7 kilograms.

The suspects are Manuel Sanchez Balbuena II, native of Balagtas, Bulacan; Kasmir

Vince Del Mundo Gile, and Keihl Gio Paraan Baniqued, both from Baguio City.

Station 2 police team were led by station chief P/ Captain Jeremiah Reyna Benito, P/Lieutenant Laurence Aspilan, with Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency led by IA1 Riener Tinong, P/LT Frederick Marcelino.