TACLOBAN CITY- Members of the Tacloban City Police Office (TCPO) arrested two men who were caught in a pot session using marijuana.
Arrested were identified as Remark Adolfo,20, jobless and a resident of Barangay 64,BLISS and Ray John Ramos,20 and a resident of Brgy.62-A, Kadungganan Village.
Another companion, Jomel Ventura, who was out of bail due to a robbery case, managed to escape from the police authorities.
The three were caught having a pot session at the back of a mausoleum at the Chinese Cemetery at around 1:20 pm on November 2, All Saint’s Day.
The police officer, assigned at the police assistance hub at the Chinese Cemetery who were conducting their foot patrol at that time, were alerted on the pot session of the three suspects by a concerned citizen.
Right away, the police personnel went to the area and managed to arrest Adolfo and Ramos. The third suspect, Ventura, managed to elude arrest by climbing over a concrete fence on his way to escape.
Confiscated from Adolfo was one piece heat sealed transparent sachet containing suspected dried marijuana leaves while confiscated from Ramos was one piece disposable lighter.
On the other hand, an improvised tooter was drop by Ventura on his way to escape.
Confiscated pieces of drug evidence were turned over to the Regional Crime Laboratory Office (RCLO8) for qualitative and quantitative analysis while the other pieces of non-drug evidence were turned-over to TCPO Evidence Custodian.
The suspects are now under the custody of TCPO Custodial Facility while cases for violation of Sections 11, 12, 13 & 15, Art 2 of RA 9165 are being prepared for filing before the City Prosecutor’s Office.
S/Supt. Rolando V. Bade, acting city police director, commended the duty personnel for a job well done. (PR)