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LUCENA CITY — Police arrested two motorcycle-riding marijuana pushers in a buy-bust operation in Sto. Tomas City, Batangas early Thursday, April 13.
Arelle Brian Tolentino and Jay Austria were collared at around 3:40 a.m. by members of the city drug enforcement unit after they sold P500 worth of marijuana to a poseur buyer in Barangay (village) Poblacion 2, the Regional Police 4A said in a report.
The duo was found in alleged possession of eight sealed plastics containing dried marijuana leaves and seeds worth P6,000.
The police also confiscated a motorcycle being used by the suspects in their “weeds” pushing activities.
The suspects were detained and will be charged with violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.