SUBIC TOWN, ZAMBALES – Members of the Zambales Provincial Police Office (ZPPO) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 3 (PDEA 3) seized marijuana plants worth P5 million in a house at the Magdalena Homes subdivision in this town early Friday morning.
Police identified the custodians of the plants as 42-year-old British Simon Stuart Mclaren Watson and his 28-year-old live-in Filipina partner Rizza Fernandez.
ZPPO director Senior Superintendent Felix Astrero Verbo Jr. said there were around 70 pots of Kush worth P5 million found inside the house.
Kush is a strain of Cannabis indica
Fernandez said that they maintain the plants for personal use since Watson has an asthma problem and suffered a spine injury two years ago. She denied using the plant.
Mayor Jay Khonghun lauded the operation and expressed hope that the municipality of Subic will reach a drug-free status in the next few years. (Jonas Reyes)
