Guam man charged after suspected marijuana and meth found in Tumon backpack
Guam police stopped a man in Tumon after a witness said someone matching his description offered marijuana for sale, and found a bag of suspected marijuana and a pipe with what appeared to be methamphetamine in his backpack. Jack Nor, also known as Robert Mackson, was charged in the Superior Court of Guam with a first-degree felony count of possession with intent to deliver and two lesser counts.
A man identified in court documents as Jack Nor, also known as Robert Mackson,
was charged with illegal drug possession in the Superior Court of Guam after
police said he approached a man in Tumon and tried to sell him marijuana.[1]The witness told police that a man in a yellow shirt, red shorts and a cap,
carrying a backpack, had tried to sell drugs to him.[1]Officers met Nor
because he matched the description, and he agreed when they asked to search his
backpack.[1]
When an officer pulled a grey and red shirt from the bag, an object fell to the
ground and Nor said the bag was not his.[1]The fallen item was a tissue and a
makeshift glass pipe that appeared to contain methamphetamine, and officers also
found a resealable plastic bag with suspected marijuana in the backpack.[1]The items tested presumptive positive, the court documents said.[1]
Nor was charged with possession of a Schedule Icontrolled substance with intent
to deliver as a first-degree felony, possession of a Schedule II controlled
substance as a third-degree felony and possession of a Schedule I controlled
substance as a violation.[1]Court documents also record that Nor was charged
in a separate illegal drug possession case.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
1
Agencies
Guam Police Department; Superior Court of Guam
Agency type
Police, Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Possession, Sale
Setting
Street or public place
Charges
possession of a Schedule I controlled substance with intent to deliver as a first-degree felony; possession of a Schedule II controlled substance as a third-degree felony; possession of a Schedule I controlled substance as a violation
The article gives no separate date for the stop or the charging; 22 August 2018 is its publication date, used as the incident date because the charge is described only as filed on Wednesday.
The marijuana quantity is not stated, so no weight is recorded.
The article identifies the stopped man as Nor but does not state that the complaint named him as the defendant who entered a plea; he denied the backpack was his.
The substances are described as suspected marijuana and possible methamphetamine that tested presumptive positive only; no laboratory confirmation is reported.
No court outcome, plea or sentence is reported, and the separate possession case against Nor is a different matter left out of this report.
Only one account of this event was found, so no second source is cited.
Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero said she would issue an executive order pardoning people convicted of petty crimes or misdemeanors involving marijuana before the island legalized cannabis in 2019. She said the convictions were blocking residents from finding work, and Sen. Clynt Ridgell backed the move.
A package sent from Citrus Heights, California, to an address on University Drive in Mangilao, Guam, was searched in October 2021 and found to hold four grams of marijuana. The case was unsealed in federal court in July 2022, and no charges had been filed.
Federal agents searched a mailed package on Guam and found about 1,469 grams, or three pounds, of a green leafy substance that appeared to be marijuana, according to a District Court of Guam search warrant. The same filings describe a separate letter addressed to someone in Inarajan that held about 50 grams of a substance that tested presumptive positive for methamphetamine.
Singer Yvonne Elliman-Alexander and her husband were arrested at Guam airport on 15 August 2017 after customs dogs found suspected marijuana and methamphetamine in their luggage. Officers seized 3.3 grams of suspected marijuana, and both were charged with felony drug possession and released on recognizance.