The drugs court of Negros Oriental promulgated seven drug cases Friday, acquitted three, and found four others guilty beyond reasonable doubt, and meted one two life sentences, at the Hall of Justice in Piapi, Dumaguete City. Regional Trial Court Branch 30 presiding judge, Crescencio Tan Jr. acquitted Junquil Banquerigo Diputado, Cherico Bansalan and Roland Laspinas Guardiano. In the case of Guardiano, the court had doubts on whether a buy-bust operation had taken place since there were two names in the marked sachets with only one accused, while the other person was arrested one kilometer away from where the buy bust operation was conducted. Continue reading... Some stiff penalties in the Philippines for possession. Life sentences.....400k-500k pesos penalties? d*mn. I questions the buy-bust approach to getting drug arrests. You are asking someone to break the law.....seems kinda like entrapment. It's like cops sitting outside a bar with a bad-@ss sports car and betting drunks they can't burn the rubber off the rims and then smacking them with a DUI when they take the bet.
