BAGUIO CITY – Five persons, including two Italian national, were arrested by combined police operatives and anti-narcotics agents after having found in their possession suspected marijuana plants along Ambuclao road, here, recently.
Senior Superintendent George D. Daskeo, city director of the Baguio City Police Office, identified the arrested individuals as Tania Mc Donald Turco, 38, female, married, Italian; Zhen Mc Donald Turco, 19, male, single, student, Italian; Retz Ferrer Castillo, 18, female, single, student; Allen Rey Estosani Galus, 18, male, single, out of school youth; and, Vincent Brillantes Del Val, 18, male, single, student, Filipino.
Confiscated from them were 1 pc Potted suspected marijuana plant approximate 1 foot in height; 1 pc Potted suspected marijuana plant approximate 1 foot and 1 inches in height; 1 pc Potted suspected marijuana plant approximate 1 foot in height; 1 pc Potted suspected marijuana plant approximately 1 foot and 2 inches in height; 1 pc Potted suspected marijuana plant approximately 1 foot and 11 inches in height; 1 pc Potted suspected marijuana plant approximately 2 feet in height and 1 pc 500 ml Emperador bottle containing suspected marijuana residue.
The arrested individuals and the confiscated pieces of evidence were brought to the BCPO headquarters for documentation prior to the filing of the appropriate charges against them before the city prosecutor’s office.
By Dexter A. See