DIGOS CITY – A 65-year-old woman was arrested during a routine inspection for visitors at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) district jail here when it was found out that she was carrying at least two sachets of shabu, the police said Friday.
Supt. Querubin Manalang, city police chief, said Polma Bassal Osmeña, married, a fish vendor and resident of Barangay Zone 1 in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur, was being frisked by BJMP personnel on Thursday while visiting a kin, when a body search on her yielded the illegal drug.
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Osmeña was to visit her sister in law, Wilma Bassal, who was also being detained due to a drug case.
Manalang said charges were prepared and were to be filed Friday against Osmeña for violation of R.A. 9162 or the comprehensive illegal drugs act of 2002. CDG
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