The trial of a drug case against Juanito Remulla III, son of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, has been completed and a decision is expected to be handed down early next month.
Remulla’s lawyer, Christopher Belmonte, said the court will issue its ruling by the first week of January.
The Las Piñas Regional Trial Court Branch 197 which tried the case has wrapped up the hearings.
Remulla pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Remulla also faced complaints for importation of dangerous drugs and violation of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act before the Pasay City Prosecutor’s Office.
He was arrested during a controlled delivery operation by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group in Barangay Talon Dos, Las Piñas last October 11.
Authorities had seized a package containing suspected kush or high-grade marijuana worth P1.3 million during the operation.
The younger Remulla was charged with possession of illegal drugs before the Las Piñas Regional Trial Court. The case was assigned to RTC Branch 197 under Judge Ricardo Moldez II.
Sec. Remulla earlier said he would not intervene in his son’s case.