News of the arrest of a DLSU student allegedly peddling illegal drugs to other students made waves among students this week, and the concern has risen about the immediate action that the administration should take regarding the said student’s arrest.
Prabhjot Gill (I, AE-APC) was arrested by officials from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Manila Police District (MPD) last Monday in a buy-bust operation. The resulting police report tells that there had been 223 ecstasy tablets with an estimated market value of P 334,500 under Gillís possession at the time of arrest. The drug, more formally known as MDMA, is said to be a common one among elite and yuppie circles, with PDEA claiming that a small quantity of it can command prices as high as Php 2,000.
An Inquirer.net article relates that Gill had been “a ‘high value target'” to PDEA officials, after the agency received tips about him being a high-profile drug distributor in Metro Manila and parts of Central Luzon. Gill is cuurently in the PDEA Region III office at San Fernando, Pampanga as PDEA prepares to file cases against him in court.
The said arrest operation, however, occurred at One Archer’s Place, which is within the 200-meter periphery prescribed in the student handbook. As the handbook provides, students are not allowed to engage in drug dealing and similarly offensive activities such as drinking alcoholic beverages not only within the campus but also within 200 meters away from the campus premises. Note, though, that the student handbook defines the act as the “unauthorized bringing in, carrying, possession or use of drugs… during an academic function or school activity and any other provisions of the… Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.”
The University, however, is still contemplating on whether to press for charges, and if these are set, which charges are to be filed against Gill. As Elaine Concepcion, Coordinator for Student Discipline Programs, explains, “[The case] will be treated by the government agency concerned… However, the University may file a complaint for bringing the name of the University in disrespute.”
As of press time, reports from PDEA and MPD, Dean of Student Affairs Fritzie de Vera claims, have been forwarded to the University administration. The Student Discipline Formation Office (SDFO), the University Legal Counsel and other relevant offices are presently evaluating the case and is expected to give a final decision on the case at the soonest time.
13 replies on “DLSU admin mobilizes to address student drug case”
Deport him as soon as possible.
It will sound harsh, but the next logical step is to expel him. Browsed a couple of old pictures and also realized that he ran last Frosh Elections. What a way to be a student leader.
I’m sorry but I just wanted to know how one’s past of attempting to run for elections and losing already makes him a student leader? To follow up, what does it have to do with this crime that he has committed? Have you considered the possibility that he may have not been this way before?
Hi, the author shouldn’t have mentioned he was an “Indian national”. His ethnicity is irrelevant to the case (there are drug dealers of every nationality) and could have negative repercussions on the Indian community on campus.
You can sense this from the comments on the Inquirer article, which was poorly edited. The headline alone is pretty damning: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/…/indian-student-at-dlsu…
This is really a matter of spoiled rich brats who think they can get away with murder because daddy will protect them – more than it has anything to do with race. It reflects negatively *not* on the Indian community, but on the university’s admission policies which guarantee slots to whoever can afford to pay our steep tuition fees, regardless of their morals or academic credentials.
That said, the authorities have yet to file criminal charges against Mr. Gill, and so he is innocent until proven guilty.
grabe sa inquirer, hinighlight ung pagiging Indian niya kay sa pagiging drug dealer niya
I’m not surprised. The inquirer and the comment section are a cesspool of racist,uneducated,one-sided,stubborn individuals. Whether it be Filipino or foreigner they will talk shit to you. In other words, the worst the Filipino community has to offer.
It’s not an inquirer article if it’s not bias after all and absent of trolls and haters.
I honestly don’t see anything wrong with saying the nationality of the student because journalists only want to expose the truth. Wala silang dapat itago sa pagkatao ng nasasakdal.
yes there’s definitely nothing wrong with that, pero if you read the version that was posted in inquirer, it’s like the writer highlighted the fact that he was Indian other than the fact na he’s a druggie. the way it was written made it look like the writer was racist even if the writer wasn’t. it could have been written in a better way
Check Section 5.5.2 of the handbook
So funny, you people still dont see the bigger picture in this issue and the point that CJ is trying to say. Widen your perspectives, WALA BANG TINURO YUNG MGA CRITHIN PROFS NIYO?! Critical Thinking, be the box and think within.
A blessed day to you, Juan and to all the editors of TLS. Thank you very much for updating the title of the article to “DLSU admin mobilizes to address student drug case”.
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tnx for info.