SEIZED MARIJUANA. Lt. Col. Vernon R. Santiago (right), chief of the Bataan Provincial Crime Laboratory, takes samples from seized marijuana before its destruction as ordered by the Regional Trial Court in Bataan on Thursday (Nov. 25, 2021). The illegal drugs estimated at PHP600,000 were confiscated in a buy-bust in Mariveles, Bataan on Nov. 11, 2021. (Contributed photo) BALANGA CITY, Bataan - The Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Bataan issued on Thursday an order for destruction and disposal of more than five kilos of dried marijuana leaves seized by police during a buy-bust last November 11 in Mariveles. Executive Judge Emmanuel Silva of the Regional Trial Court Branch 4 here issued the order to the Bataan Provincial Crime Laboratory after inspecting the confiscated illegal drugs. Silva said seized drugs weighing one kilogram and above have to be disposed of immediately as mandated in a Supreme Court circular to avoid the danger of recycling. Lt. Col. Vernon R. Santiago, Bataan Crime Lab