ANOTHER NEGRENSE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE

Another Negrense was sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday for
the sale of drugs.

Kabankalan Regional Trial Court Judge Henry Arles found Roberto Reyes
Miraflores, alias Tongtong, 45, of Hinigaran town guilty beyond
reasonable doubt of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of
2002 and sentenced him to life imprisonment and to pay a P1 million
fine.

He also ordered the immediate remittance of Miraflores to the national
penitentiary.

The "accused deserves utmost condemnation for the havoc and misery
that he has caused to society, especially among the youth, many of
whom have lost their future because of the evil influence of drugs,
and therefore should be severely punished," Arles said.

Miraflores was accused of selling 200 marijuana cigarettes weighing
32.44 grams without a permit in Sitio Bacutod, Barangay Manlad, Ilog
on Jan. 17, 2004 after he was arrested in a Philippine Drug
Enforcement Agency buy bust operation

The judge said the defense of denial by Miraflores and the claim that
he was set up could not be given any credence.

As shown by the evidence, the accused was arrested selling drugs in
flagrante delicto, the judge said,

The PDEA team composed of PO2 Ramil Dellomes, Inspector Joemarie
Occeno, SP01 Arnold Yunsay and P02 Norman Guillergan and some civilian
assets on Jan 17, 2004 enforced a search warrant issued by Arles on
the house of Dennis Selga where he voluntarily turned over 117
marijuana cigarets.

Selga informed the PDEA men that Miraflores of Hinigaran was about to
deliver another batch of marijuana cigarets for the highlight of the
celebration of the Barangay Manalad fiesta and was willing to
cooperate with them for possible entrapment, the court was told.

Later that day Miraflores arrived and although he was suspicious of
the presence of Delommes, whom Selga told him was a customer from
Cauayan, he gave the 200 marijuana cigarets to Selga and that led to
his arrest.

On Thursday, a woman from Bacolod City was also meted life
imprisonment for the illegal sale and possession of shabu by Judge
Edgar Garvilles.

Sentenced was Gemma Dacumos of Purok Sigay, Barangay 2, Bacolod City,
Trial Prosecutor Abraham Bayona said.

Dacumos was sentenced to life imprisonment for violation of Republic
Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, for the
sale of .02 gram shabu, and to 14 additional years for possession of
.17 gram also of shabu.