Two persons riding in tandem on a scooter were arrested after police found methamphetamine or \u201cice\u201d from one of them during a sobriety checkpoint along Beach Road, Chalan Piao, on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Fu Zhu Lin, 40, and his girlfriend, Mei Ying Qi, 45, were apprehended for possession of controlled substance.<\/p>\n
Qi was released from jail after posting $5,000 cash on Sunday. Lin, jobless, was taken to the Superior Court yesterday afternoon for a bail hearing.<\/p>\n
Associate judge Joseph James N. Camacho imposed a $5,000 cash bail for Lin\u2019s temporary release and set the preliminary hearing to Jan. 5, 2012 at 9am.<\/p>\n
Chief Public Defender Adam Hardwicke was appointed as counsel for Lin. Acting chief prosecutor Peter Prestley appeared for the government at the hearing.<\/p>\n
Prestley informed the court that the Office of the Attorney General previously charged Lin with trafficking \u201cice\u201d but the case was dismissed without prejudice, meaning it can be re-opened in the future.<\/p>\n
Detective Raymond B. Borja stated in his report that on Saturday between 6pm to 7:15pm, the Department of Public Safety\u2019s Traffic Investigation and Highway Patrol conducted sobriety checkpoint in front of Hopwood Junior High School in Chalan Piao.<\/p>\n
At 7:10pm, Sgt. Anthony Macaranas noticed a scooter that was directed over to the citation area of the checkpoint for expired vehicle registration.<\/p>\n
Police Officer Rudolph Hermosilla found that Lin, the driver of the scooter, had no driver\u2019s license and identification card.<\/p>\n
The registration of the scooter also expired since 2005. As Macaranas was checking on Lin, the defendant handed money, a pack of cigarettes, a lighter, and keys to Qi.<\/p>\n
Qi placed the pack of cigarettes that Lin handed to her into her breast area and refused to give it to Hermosilla despite being advised repeatedly to do so.<\/p>\n
Police Officer Therese Kintoki placed her hand in to Qi\u2019s dress and took out a cigarette box that contained three pieces of cigarettes and four small clear Ziplocks (baggie) filled with a crystal-like substance.<\/p>\n
The crystal-like substance was later tested positive for crystal methamphetamine or \u201cice.\u201d Police did not indicate the quantity of the seized \u201cice.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Oct. 29, 2010, members of the Drug Enforcement Task Force and other members of the DPS Criminal Investigation Bureau conducted a buy-bust operation against Lin in San Jose, Tinian. <\/p>\n
Police said Lin was distributing \u201cice\u201d out of the Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino, where he was then employed.<\/p>\n
In July 2011, the OAG moved to dismiss against Lin since the detective handling the case has left the island for a new job and there is difficulty in obtaining his file or report of the case.<\/p>\n
Wiseman granted the motion, but slammed DPS and the OAG for \u201ctheir lack of coordination and cooperation in investigating cases.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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