By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga

A Grade 11 student was arrested for carrying suspected marijuana to school in Negros Occidental’s Talisay City yesterday morning.

Arrested was 18-year-old Dennis Casiple of the city’s Barangay E. Lizares.

Talisay City police station said a teacher and a security guard discovered suspected dried marijuana leaves wrapped in yellow pad paper during a routine inspection.

Police also recovered an improvised pipe from Casiple.

The student is currently facing charges for violating Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./DGB, WDJ