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Chinese man allegedly wanted by Interpol is found with ‘ice’ and pot
A Chinese man pulled over by a police detective on the road allegedly for being wanted by Interpol was arrested along with his passenger for possession of methamphetamine or “ice” and marijuana in Garapan last Wednesday night.
Li Qiran, 29, and Joshua Sablan Diaz, 30, were taken to Superior Court yesterday for their initial appearance on a charge of illegal possession of a controlled substance.
The police report did not mention why Qiran, a tour guide and a taxi driver, is wanted by Interpol. Diaz has a pending “ice” trafficking case.
Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho kept the $20,000 cash bail that the court originally imposed each on Qiran and Diaz. Preliminary hearing will be on Jan. 5 at 1:30pm.
Assistant public defender Michael Sato was appointed as counsel for Qiran, while attorney Vicente Salas was appointed as counsel for Diaz. Assistant attorney general Barbara Cepeda appeared for the government.
According to police detective Jeffrey I. Norita, police officers were dispatched on Wednesday at 6pm to assist police detective Jesse Dubrall for a violator stop on a red Toyota Corolla with license plate ADV-221, which was being driven by Qiran, who is allegedly wanted by Interpol.
Officers saw the car traveling south on Chalan Pale Arnold Road in Garapan and pursued it until Asucena Avenue near Garapan Market.
When the officers patted down Qiran and Diaz, officers allegedly found a clear Ziploc bag containing a crystal-like substance on Diaz’s right cargo pocket.
Diaz and Qiran were brought to U.S. Homeland Security/Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office in Puerto Rico for further investigation. They were later brought to the Department of Corrections and detained.
A crime scene technician tested the recovered crystal-like substance weighing 0.3 gross grams and found it presumptive positive for methamphetamine.
Dubrall allegedly found underneath the driver’s seat of the car a bag containing Ziploc baggies containing a crystal-like substance and a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana.
Dubrall also found in the car a “large amount of money.”
