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| The sidewalk where the Filipina was arrested |
A little over one third of a gram of cocaine, contained in two small plastic bags, has put a Filipina in jail for eight weeks.
Cherrie Ann Cereneo, 33 years old,
pleaded guilty to possession of two plastic bags containing 0.28 gram and 0.09
gram of cocaine, or a total of 0.37 grams, when she appeared at West Kowloon
court yesterday (Jan. 23).
Even Magistrate Jason Wan noted
the small amount of the drug, but said that because cocaine is a hard drug the
Dangerous Drugs Ordinance requires a custodial sentence for its possession.
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| TAWAG NA! |
In sentencing, Wan chose a
starting point of six weeks in jail. Because of her guilty plea, he reduced it
by a third, leaving four weeks.
Cereneo was arrested on Aug. 9 last
year outside King Centre on Dundas St., Mong Kok, Kowloon.
A Drug Rehabilitation Center
report that Magistrate Wan earlier ordered had shown that Cereneo was not
addicted.
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| PINDUTIN |
She admitted that the drug was for
her own use and insisted, through her lawyer, that she was not keeping the drug
for friends.
Her lawyer, in his appeal for a
lenient sentence, also said that she was remorseful and promised not to reoffend.
Before Cereneo was led to jail,
her lawyer also passed on her two requests: that she be given access to her
records, and that she be allowed to use her mobile phone to inform her family
and friends about what happened to her.
Wan granted both requests.
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| PADALA NA! |
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