Cops nab 2 Americans for selling ‘kush oil’ in Angeles City

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO –– Two Americans were arrested for allegedly selling the illegal drug “kush oil” along the Fields Avenue entertainment district in Angeles City on Thursday morning, police said.

Lyndon Aspacio, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Central Luzon, said the kush oil was found in the possession of Paul Montemayor, 42, and Shaneeka McAlister, 38. Both are said to be American citizens. They live in Barangay Anunas in Angeles City.

Aspacio said kush oil is extracted from the cannabis plant, a high-grade type of marijuana, and has a mind-altering effect.

He said Montemayor has been working as a disc jockey, while McAlister used to be employed as an English teacher in South Korea in 2016, and has been staying in the country for more than a month as a tourist.

The drug sting yielded a black vape containing a yellow liquid, two small black boxes containing 33 grams of kush oil worth P14,000, and the buy-bust money.

The suspects, who are facing charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, are detained at the PDEA jail in this Pampanga capital./lzb