ILOILO – A 28-year-old man was arrested after he was caught carrying marijuana at Dumangas port in this province.
The suspect identified as alias “Leony”, a resident of Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City, was from an overnight camping trip in Batad town with around 60 to 70 individuals.
According to Police Lieutenant Floripiss Subere, deputy chief of the Dumangas Municipal Police Station, Villanueva’s group left Batad at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, and arrived at Dumangas port an hour and a half later.
During routine security screening at the port entrance, security personnel discovered five grams of suspected marijuana valued at P5,000 in Villanueva’s possession at around 3:35 p.m.
Subere said Villanueva, who is now detained at Dumangas MPS, denied owning the marijuana.
Dumangas police were preparing the necessary legal actions against the suspect./PN
