BONTOC, Mountain Province – A tourist was arrested after he yielded P722,640 worth of marijuana bricks in a checkpoint in Poblacion here on August 11.
The suspect was identified as Raymart Flogio Mendoza, 30, a resident of Tondo, Manila.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera received information that the suspect was transporting marijuana from Kalinga to Baguio City through Mountain Province.
PDEA, with the Mountain Province and Kalinga police, conducted a checkpoint operation and recovered six bricks of marijuana dried leaves from the suspect.
Mendoza faces charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Tourist nabbed for transporting P722,600 marijuana
Aug 14, 2023 05:36 AM