BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — Seven tourists were arrested on Sunday after authorities at a checkpoint in Banaue in Ifugao province found marijuana in their baggage. Mesa, Manila; Joshua Pagador Dacillo and Reynaldo Tinagan Jerez Jr. from San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan; and a 17-year-old student from Fairview, Quezon City. The suspects were on a CODA bus to Cubao, Quezon City from Sagada, Mountain Province when it was flagged down at the checkpoint. Banaue police said on their Facebook page that the dried marijuana leaves recovered from the suspects weighed around 15 kilograms and was valued at around P1.8 million. Police reportedly flagged down a Manila-bound Victory Liner Bus coming from Tabuk City and found 15 bricks and as well as stalks of dried marijuana leaves, a pack of elongated rolls/tubular dried marijuana leaves and a plastic bag containing crushed and dried marijuana leaves and stalks.

Source: Philippine Star July 23, 2019 05:02 UTC