Local October 24, 2011 - 11:55 am

American in “transgenic marijuana” case in court today

Santo Domingo.- Alleged narcotics trafficker Richard Michael Spelman is slated to appear in a hearing Monday, on charges of possessing what the National Drugs Agency Control describes as “transgenic marijuana,” seized Thursday in a hotel in Cabarete (north).

National District Permanent Attention judge Alejandro Vargas is expected set bond for Spelman or send him to jail to await trial.

The DNCD described the drug as extremely dangerous and can “lead to diseases such as Alzheimer” and even “madness,” but didn’t refer to a source to base that information regarding the marihuana allegedly seized from the California native.

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