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| Place in Wanchai where Filipino was intercepted. (Google Maps photo) |
A Filipino driver who had been convicted of possession of apparatus used for inhaling dangerous drugs, failed to show up for his sentencing today at Eastern Court, worsening his prospects for a kinder treatment.
A warrant of arrest usually issued for those who don’t show up for hearings,
was not issued against Steven Sarmiento.
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| PINDUTIN DITO |
Instead, Magistrate Minnie Wat ordered a further report from the probation
officer to see how best to treat the 49-year-old Filipino.
His bail of $500 was forfeited and he was to be remanded in
jail custody once found.
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| TAWAG NA! |
Sarmiento was charged with possession of apparatus fit and
intended for the inhalation of dangerous drug, a violation of the Dangerous
Drug Ordinance.
The case stemmed from the police finding in his possession a
glass bottle into which two plastic
tubes and a plastic straw were inserted, a glass tube with one end shaped like a
bulb, and a plastic straw fit and intended for the inhalation of a dangerous
drug.
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| PINDUTIN DITO |
Also seized from him was 0.0l gram of a solid substance containing
methamphetamine (also known as shabu or ice), which was in the plastic straw.
The items were found in his possession during a routine police
check on pedestrians on Matheson Street in Wanchai last Dec. 20, 2023.
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