Despite a U.S. announcement that it will grant conditional humanitarian permits only to 24,000 Venezuelan migrants arriving by air, many of them still plan to cross the dangerous Darien jungle into Panama and head toward the United States over land.
Joe Anthony Arreola, 36, from Wellington, Texas, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, enhanced, for his role in the brutal beating and.
DAGUPAN CITY - Some PHP340,000 worth of suspected shabu were confiscated from four suspects, two of them allegedly former convicted illegal drug traders, during a sting operation outside a mall at Barangay Mayombo here on Friday. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Pangasinan director Retchie Camacho identified the suspects as Roberto Maramba, Gilbert Fernandez, Eduardo Soriano, and Malaya Ganzon. "Based on our initial information, Maramba was released on parole from the New Bililib Prison in Muntinlupa City as well as Soriano. They were convicted of illegal drug transactions but we are still gathering more information on this," he said in a statement. Maramba was the real target of the buy-bust but Fernandez was with him during the operation. Soriano and Ganzon deilvered the suspected shabu, weighing about 50 grams, to whereMaramba and Fernandez were waing, leading to the quartet's arrest by PDEA agents who posed as buyers. "They are high-value targets given t
The subsequent vehicle search resulted in the discovery of a plastic tote containing packages of cannabis, the safe and the ATMs. But the baggie represented just a hint of the drugs that were being transported.
With the help of members of the Grand Island Fire Department, the ATMs and safe were opened and found to be filled with many more packages of cannabis.
In all, troopers seized 426 pounds (193 kg) of cannabis and US$9,000 ($11,070) in a duffel bag located in the van’s front seat.
Gilbert Fernandez, 36, was arrested for possessing more than a pound (454 grams) of cannabis, possessing marijuana with the intent to deliver and possessing money during a drug violation. Fernandez is now in county jail.