Pubdate: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 Source: Manila Times (Philippines) Copyright: 2004, The Manila Times Contact: http://www.manilatimes.net/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/921 Author: Ronnie E. Calumpita Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/prison.htm (Incarceration) WOMAN GETS LIFE FOR 0.02G OF SHABU A 35-year-old woman has virtually lost her life for peddling 0.02 grams of shabu, or methamphetamine hydrochloride, in Quezon City. The Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment Sevilla of Gana Compound in Unang Sigaw, Balintawak, for violations of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. In his three-page decision, Branch 103 Judge Jaime Salazar found sufficient evidence to convict Sevilla, who was arrested in a buy-bust operation two years ago. Senior Police Officer 2 Levi Sevilla of the Central Police District, who posed as a buyer, closed a deal with Sevilla who handed him a packet of shabu worth P100. He arrested the woman as soon as he received the contraband. Sevilla, however, denied she sold the police officer a sachet of shabu and claimed she was framed. Sevilla claimed that an identified man barged into her house and forced her to remove her underwear believing that she was hiding a sachet of shabu. The accused said she was arrested when she refused to heed his order. - ---