GUIMBA, Nueva Ecija – The police here have arrested over the weekend a gasoline boy that led to the confiscation of a whopping 82.46 grams of dried marijuana leaves and fruiting tops in cake form.

The police report tagged the suspect as responsible in the proliferation of illegal drugs preferably marijuana in this town, mostly to high school students and out-of-school youth.

Supt. Edgar Alan O. Okubo, chief of the Provincial Public Safety and Management Company (PPSMC) here, identified the suspect as Jaylord Cabalar dela Cruz, 26, married, a gasoline boy from Barangay Bacayao, this town.

A case for violation of Section 11 of Republic Act 9165 has been filed against the suspect before the Provincial Prosecutors’ Office here.

In Okubo’s report to Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Director Sr. Supt. Ricardo C. Marquez, he stated that the suspect was “responsible in the proliferation of illegal drugs preferably marijuana” in this town.

PPSMC operatives led by SPO3 Lauro A. Puno conducted a buy-bust operation at 4:10 am Sunday in the residence of the suspect at Barangay Sta. Veronica.  Seized from the suspect was one cube compressed dried marijuana leaves and fruiting tops wrapped in banana leaves and newspaper weighing 78.60 grams,  and another 3.86 grams, totaling 82.46 grams.

The inventoried items were witnessed by barangay officials of Sta. Veronica, media representative Lea Mae S. Aduptante of Radyo Guimba, and Provincial Prosecutor Eddie C. Gutierrez.