ILOILO City – Two sachets of marijuana were recovered from a man and a 16-year-old boy in Alta Tierra Village, Jaro district.
The 22-year-old resident Red Flores and the minor were caught in a drug buy-bust operation that personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 6 staged around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
According to PDEA agents, the boy handed one of the sachets to an undercover officer in exchange for P3,500. The other sachet was recovered from Flores.
The marijuana seized from the suspects weigh about 10 grams.
The minor was set to be turned over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Flores, on the other hand, was detained in the lockup cell of PDEA Region 6.
Charges for violation of sections 5 and 11 of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, were filed against the suspects./PN
