VIRAC, Catanduanes: A man who paid his P6,000 loan with shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Regional Trial Court and ordered to pay P500,000 in damages.

Presiding Judge Lelu P. Contreras of RTC Branch 43 here convicted John Joseph Gianan Romero for illegal delivery, dispensation, distribution and transportation of drugs pursuant to Sec. 5 of Republic Act 9165 or the Dangerous Drugs Act.

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