3 high school students caught with marijuana in Batangas

Three 15-year-old high school students are caught allegedly in possession of marijuana in Balayan, Batangas on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, according to a police report. INQUIRER FILES
LUCENA CITY — Three 15-year-old boys were caught allegedly in possession of marijuana in a village high school in Balayan, Batangas on Friday, Jan. 17, police said.
The Region 4A police said in a report Saturday, Jan. 18, that a male teacher caught two of the students who were about to smoke the prohibited hemp inside the comfort room of Balayan National High School in Barangay District 11 around 10:30 a.m.
One of the students managed to escape. The remaining student identified his two other accomplices, who were all called for a meeting with school authorities.
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The students surrendered a plastic sachet of marijuana and an improvised glass tube that they meant to use for their aborted pot session.
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