{"id":414607,"date":"2013-05-24T14:15:12","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T06:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=414607"},"modified":"2013-05-24T14:15:12","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T06:15:12","slug":"man-gets-life-for-less-than-a-gram-of-shabu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/414607\/man-gets-life-for-less-than-a-gram-of-shabu","title":{"rendered":"Man gets life for less than a gram of \u2018shabu\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Manila, Philippines\u2014Less than a gram of methamphetamine hydrochloride<\/em>, or \u201cshabu\u201d is enough to put someone in jail for the rest of his life, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said.<\/p>\n\n A regional trial court in Batangas City sentenced Edmar Marcelo to life in prison after 0.30 gram of shabu was found in his possession during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Soro-Soro Karsada, said PDEA Director General Arturo Cacdac.<\/p>\n\n A further search by operatives of the Police Intelligence Branch, Batangas Provincial Police Office in Batangas City bore\u00a0 less than a gram more of illegal drugs, said Cacdac.<\/p>\n\n \u201cRegardless of the quantity and purity of the dangerous drugs peddled by arrested drug offenders . . . [it] shall merit a judgment of life imprisonment if the accused is proven guilty,\u201d the PDEA chief said.<\/p>\n\n The Branch 84 of the Regional Trial Court of Batangas City found Marcelo guilty of violating Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs), Article II, of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.<\/p>\n\n Apart from his life sentence, Marcelo was ordered to serve 12 to 14 years in prison for violating Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs), of the anti-drugs law.<\/p>\n\n The court ordered him to pay a fine of P800,000.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Less than a gram of methamphetamine hydrochloride, or \u201cshabu\u201d is enough to put someone in jail for the rest of his life, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":188139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,46],"tags":[89,1601,1957],"byline":[23581],"source":[206075],"column":[],"editor":[],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n