Agents of the PDEA and the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group arrested Juanito Jose Diaz Remulla III after he received a parcel containing about one kilo of kush on a Tuesday at a house in BF Resort Village in Las Pinas City.[1] The arrested man is the eldest son of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Boying Remulla.[1] The justice secretary said he would not intervene in nor influence any case filed against his 38-year-old son.[1]

The PDEA said the arrest was part of a controlled delivery operation under Dangerous Drugs Board regulations, which lets a suspect drug consignment proceed under supervision to gather evidence and identify those involved.[1] Investigators traced the parcel to a sender named Benjamin Huffman in San Diego, California.[1] The parcel was consigned to a certain Juanito Remulla at an address inside BF Resort Village.[1] The charge sheet describes two tape-sealed bags weighing 437.93 grams and 455.98 grams, or 893.91 grams in total, of cannabis (marijuana).[2] The initial PDEA report had put the seizure at 937 grams of kush with a street value of P1,311,800.[1]

He was then charged with possession of illegal drugs before the Las Pinas regional trial court.[2] Prosecutors filed the case as a violation of Section 11 of Republic Act 9165, the possession provision they said best fit the evaluated evidence.[2] The prosecutor stressed that the possession charge is non-bailable given the amount.[2] Separate complaints over drug importation were referred for preliminary investigation in Pasay City, which prosecutors said has jurisdiction over those elements of the offense.[2] In a handwritten statement, the justice secretary said he would not intervene in nor influence any case against his son and thanked the PDEA for doing its job without fear or favor.[1] After inquest before the Las Pinas city prosecutor, he remained in PDEA custody at its Quezon City headquarters.[1]