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The Regional Trial Court dismissed the case against three alleged drug pushers after the Philippine National Police failed to present on the witness stand a lawman who had access to the evidence.
RTC Branch 42 Presiding Judge Genie G. Gapas-Agbada threw out the case filed against Giovannie Lucero Sarmiento and Maria Elisa Arcilla Urbano for failure of the prosecution to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
The dismissal came when the Court granted the Demurrer to Evidence filed by Ms, Urbano on the ground that the prosecution failed to establish the chain of custody... Read more
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Gibraltar Holds 4 Spanish Poli
Gibraltar authorities held four Spanish police after they pursued suspected smugglers into the British territory Monday, creating a second test on the relationship between the two nations in less than a month.
The Spanish civil guards followed the two suspects onto rocks after the boat they were travelling in crashed during the chase and all six were taken in by the police of the British Overseas Territory.
The officers were released after questioning and Spain's Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba apologised for the incursion, according to Gibraltar's Chief Minister Peter Caruana.
"Sr Rubalcaba called me personally tonight. He said that they deeply regretted the incident and apologised," Caruana said.
Relations between Spain and Britain regarding the disputed territory appeared to thaw in July when the first Spanish minister in 300 years made an official visit to the outcrop for talks with Britain and Gibraltar.
However, London's ambassador in Spain was obliged to make a public apology on November 20 after British soldiers based in Gibraltar shot at a buoy painted in the colours of the Spanish flag during target practice.
The straits of Gibraltar have long been used by gangs to smuggle contraband and drugs into Europe, but have become more famous recently as a preferred route for people-traffickers.
Britain seized Gibraltar, at the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula, during the War of the Spanish Succession in 1704, and it was formally ceded to Britain in the Treaty of Utrecht nine years later. Spain has always demanded its return.
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