A 19-YEAR-OLD student was arrested after witnesses allegedly identified him as the one who left the box containing P45,000 worth of marijuana outside Rechlle Store at Purok 12, Km. 12 Barangay Catalunan Pequeño, at around 9 p.m. on Aug. 15.
Maj. Nelson Violan, commander of Baliok Police Station, identified him as Glenn Free Tare Cemini, a transient resident in the area.
According to the report, two witnesses identified Cemini who allegedly carried and abandoned the yellow-white carton box in front of their sari-sari store as he claimed that it contained garbage.
Upon verification, the box contained one Watson’s blue-green plastic bag with 19 sachets of suspected dried marijuana leaves with fruiting tops and a digital weighing scale. The report said the marijuana weighed 300 grams.
The suspect is now temporarily held in the Baliok Police Station.
