BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — A Canadian tourist was arrested after selling a self-locking sachet full of marijuana to an undercover government agent in Alicia, Isabela in a sting operation on Saturday afternoon.
Kyle Norman Thompson, 30, temporarily living at Barangay Antonino in Alicia, sold a sachet of dried fruiting tops of marijuana to an undercover agent around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, police said.
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The alleged transaction happened in Purok Rose, Barangay Calaocan in Alicia town, confirmed Police Brig. Gen. Angelito Casimiro, Cagayan Valley police director.
Policemen seized from Thompson a P1,000 bill used as buy-bust money, the cellular phone he used in contacting the buyer whom he did not know was a government agent, and a black Honda XRM motorcycle.
The items seized from Thompson were inventoried by authorities in the presence of barangay officials, a representative from the Department of Justice and a local broadcaster.
Thompson was brought to the Alicia police station for booking and detention to face illegal drug charges.