Liechtenstein man held at Maya wharf with 1 kg of marijuana
Daanbantayan police arrested 48-year-old Liechtenstein citizen Wille Marco at Maya wharf on 12 February 2016 after he stepped off a passenger bus. Officers seized 500 grams of dried marijuana leaves plus hash, 1,000 grams in total, valued by police at P200,000.
Police arrested a foreigner carrying marijuana on Friday morning at the port in
Maya, Daanbantayan.[1]The arrested man was 48-year-old Wille Marco, a citizen
of Liechtenstein.[1]Marco owned a resort on Malapascua Island.[1]Daanbantayan police said they had received a report that Marco was transporting
marijuana.[1]Police chief Senior Inspector Roger Quijano assembled four
officers and waited at Maya wharf for the bus to arrive.[1]Marco was riding a
passenger bus toward Daanbantayan, planning to take a boat onward to Malapascua
Island.[1]
When the bus arrived and Marco alighted, officers approached him.[1]Marco
tried to run and threw away a plastic bag that was found to contain dried
marijuana leaves.[1]Marco resisted arrest and tried to keep running before
police restrained him.[1]Inside the bag, police found at least five bars of
marijuana hash and 500 grams of dried marijuana leaves.[1]A second account
said police recovered a plastic bag of dried marijuana leaves weighing 500
grams.[2]The same account said a chocolate-bar-shaped item turned out to be
processed marijuana leaves weighing another 500 grams.[2]
Police valued the seizure at P200,000 based on Dangerous Drugs Board estimates.[1]Police said Marco would be charged with violating the Comprehensive
Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and with disobedience to an agent of a person in
authority.[1]Investigators said they were tracking down Marco’s supplier and
described Marco as uncooperative.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
1 kg
Value (official estimate)
PHP 200,000
Agency
Daanbantayan Police Station
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (500 g); Hashish
Setting
Port or sea, Vehicle
Charges
violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002; disobedience to an agent of a person in authority
The two accounts spell the name as Wille Marco and Willie Marco and the nationality as Liechtenstein and Leichtenstein; this report uses the Philstar spelling.
The incident date of 12 February 2016 is inferred because both 13 February 2016 accounts describe the arrest as happening on Friday morning and at 7 a.m. yesterday morning.
The Philstar account reports at least five bars of marijuana hash plus 500 grams of dried leaves, while the second account reports 500 grams of dried leaves plus 500 grams of processed leaves; the 1 kg total follows the second account's split.
No court outcome was reported; Marco was to be charged under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and for disobedience, and police were still tracing his supplier.
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