First vaper arrested in Lucena City
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 05:35:03 +0000
A man using vape in public was arrested for the first time in Lucena City, Quezon Province, police reported on Friday.
Marq Joseph Bobis Virtucio, 21, was apprehended along Quezon Avenue, Barangay 1 at 8:45 p.m. on Thursday as part of the Philippine National Police (PNP) crackdown on violators of the vape ban, Lucena police said in a report to Camp Crame.
Virtucio was released after he was listed in the blotter, police said.
Lt. Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa, PNP officer-in-charge, clarified on Thursday that all arrested violators would only be invited for blotter purposes and confiscation of vape.
The PNP crackdown stemmed from President Rodrigo Duterte’s order banning vaping in the country for health reasons. DARWIN PESCO