MANILA, Philippines - Ua hoʻopiʻi aku nā mea hoʻopiʻi i ʻelua mau mākaʻikaʻi Kōlea Hema ma mua o ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo hoʻokolokolo Regional Manila (RTC) no ka mea ua ʻaihue ʻia lākou i nā lāʻau i pāpā ʻia.
Ua waiho ʻia kahi pepa hoʻopiʻi e ka Loio Kuhina ʻo Rodrigo T. Eguila me ka Manila RTC ma ka Pōʻalima i hoʻopiʻi ʻia No No, 29 makahiki, a me Young Yoon Kuk, 39, no ka ʻaihue ʻana i ke kānāwai Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act o 2002.
Ua hoʻolālā ʻo Eguila i kahi kālā P120,000 no kēlā me kēia ʻelua i manaʻo ʻia, e noho nei ma kahi keʻena ma ke Alanui Mabini ma Malate, Manila.
Wahi a ka pepa hoʻopiʻi, ua hopu ʻia nā mea ʻelua i ka hopu ʻia no 479 mau huna lāʻau (metamphetamine hydrochloride) ma ka hola 7 o Mei ma ke kihi o nā alanui Quintos a me MH del Pilar ma Malate.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ka mākaʻi 3 Antero Q. Losario a me ka mākaʻi 2 Ferdinand Francia e kiaʻi ana i ka wā i hōʻike ai kahi mea hoʻokele kaʻa kaʻa i ka lohe ʻana i ʻelua mau Korea e noi ana i kahi kalaiwa kaʻa e kōkua iā lākou e kūʻai i ka shabu me nā mea kōkua.
E pane ana i ka piko, ua hele aku nā mākaʻi ʻelua ma luna o kahi kaʻa kaʻa i kahi o nā Koreana. I ka wā i hoʻokokoke aku ai nā mākaʻi, ua kau ʻia nā mea i manaʻo ʻia ma ka wikiwiki i kahi kaʻa kaʻa, me ka hoʻonāukiuki i ka alualu ʻana.
Ua hopu aku nā mākaʻi me nā mea kānalua a iā lākou e kauoha ai i nā mea ʻelua e iho i lalo, kiloi paha ʻo Kuk i kahi ea aniani i ka papahele o ka pedicab, a No i kiʻi ai a kiola i waho o ka kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa.
I ka nānā ʻana o kekahi o nā mākaʻi i ka ʻike o ka plastic, ua loaʻa iā ia hoʻokahi sachet aniani moakaka i hoʻomehana ʻia me ka ʻāpiki a me nā mea kīʻaha kīʻaha ʻekolu.
Ua hopu ʻia ua mau Korea ʻelua a lawe ʻia i ka mākaʻi mākaʻi ʻo Manila Staton 5 no ka hoʻokolokolo.
