Father-and-son
nabbed for “marijuana” cultivation in Leyte
By RPCRD, Police Regional
Office 8
October 14, 2013
CAMP KANGLEON, Palo,
Leyte – A farmer and his son were nabbed by authorities for
cultivating marijuana plants in their farmland in an upland village in
Burauen town in Leyte, some 43 kilometers southwest from Tacloban
City, the regional capital.
Arrested were Alexander
Redubla, 52, and his son Axel, 18, after policemen from Burauen police
station led by PCInsp. Federico Sanchez swooped down their farmland in
Brgy. Cali after receiving tips from an informant that the two are
cultivating marijuana plants in the area, according to Eastern Visayas
police director PCSupt. Elmer R. Soria.
Soria informed that the
operation at past 2:00 p.m. Friday resulted in the confiscation and
uprooting of 12 stalks of fully-grown marijuana plants weighing more
or less three and half kilos.
The lawmen also seized one
homemade shotgun, locally known as “bardog” from the suspects, he
added.
Inventory of the seized
marijuana plants were witnessed by Brgy. Chairman Lolita Ala, Kagawad
Danilo Moralina and Erick Tupaz of DYVL radio station.
Arrested persons and
confiscated items were brought to Burauen police station for proper
disposition as criminal charges are being prepared against them.
Section 16 of Republic Act
9165 or Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 states that the
cultivation of cannabis, popularly known as “marijuana” or “Indian
hemp”, carries a penalty of life imprisonment to death and a fine
ranging from P500,000 to P10 million pesos regardless of quantity.
Soria expressed gratitude to
the information relayed by concerned civilians that led to the
successful operation.