By Mae Singuay

Nine sachets of suspected marijuana were seized from a Grade 11 senior high school student within the school premises in Negros Occidental’s Manapla town.

Jemuel Dinorog, 18 years old, was a resident of the town’s Barangay 1-A.

About 36.58 grams of suspected marijuana valued at P4,200 were recovered.

Around 10:55 a.m. on March 6, two teachers were conducting a lecture when they saw the suspected marijuana in plain view inside an opened bag of the student.

A tooter and a lighter were also recovered.

Dinorog is being held by the local police and will be facing a charge for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./MS, WDJ