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| Dabao was accused of possessing and/or trafficking small amounts of drugs |
By Vir B. Lumicao
Prosecutors have filed eight additional charges of drug
trafficking and possession against a Filipina domestic worker when she appeared
in Eastern Court
Michelle Dabao appeared before Magistrate Peter Law, a week
after the judge rejected the prosecution’s attempt to adjourn the hearing for
another four weeks, and slammed the police for prolonging investigation.
Dabao was arrested in October last year, while allegedly
carrying an unspecified amount of dangerous drugs and equipment to sniff drugs.
She was initially charged with one count each of
“trafficking in a dangerous drug,” “possession of a dangerous drug” and
“possession of apparatus fit for the inhalation of a dangerous drug”.
The prosecution dropped the third charge, but added eight
new charges against Dabao which Law approved.
The new charges were about Dabao’s alleged trafficking or
possession of various small amounts of drugs, mostly methamphetamine or “shabu”
and on one count, heroin.
The alleged offenses were reported to have happened on
various dates between Oct. 2 and Oct 18 last year.
The defendant broke into tears when the first additional
charge was read to her. “I don’t understand why you adding that Oct 2 charge
against me,” she butted in, but the interpreter continued reading the other
charges.
No plea was taken and Law set the next hearing for Mar. 4.
In the previous hearing of Dabao’s case, Law scored the
prosecution for getting the case stuck in the court due to “further
investigation and legal advice”.
The magistrate prodded the prosecutor to tell the police to
speed up their investigation as he would no longer allow any more adjournments.
The prosecutor said investigators were still considering
what charges they would lay against Dabao based on the government’s chemist’s findings
on the drugs seized from her.
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