Police seize 280 sachets of marijuana in Angeles City

The Central Luzon police seized marijuana contained in 282 sachets and a separate plastic bag during a Saturday (Aug. 18) drug bust in Angeles City. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The Central Luzon police seized more than 280 sachets of dried marijuana leaves on Saturday night in a resettlement site in Angeles City.

Chief Supt. Amador Corpus, Central Luzon police director, said the dried marijuana leaves were confiscated from Sherwin Macabanti during a drug-bust  conducted by the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit in Barangay Cutud.

The marijuana leaves were in a big plastic bag packed in 282 sachets. Macabanti is being held at the police regional headquarters in Camp Olivas here.

The resettlement site is home to families relocated from the abandoned tracks of the Philippine National Railways. /ee