3 foreigners charged for cocaine possession
January 11, 2011 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency filed charges before the Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday against three foreign nationals PDEA agents caught carrying 970.9 grams of cocaine in a drug bust in Quezon City over the weekend.
Togolaise Malik Bawa, 29; Ghana national Richard Appiah, 25; and Thai Puntiva Chareonthong, 20, were charged with violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act’s Section 11 and 26.
The PDEA, in a complaint signed by special enforcement service director Jigger Montallana, alleged that Bawa is a member of a West African drug syndicate.
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