Mark Ocampo
HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — A man faces drug trafficking charges for purchasing pills in Mexico that tested positive for methamphetamine and flying with them from Hawaii to Guam.
On Monday afternoon, Mark Edwin Cacho Ocampo, 32, arrived in Guam by plane from Hawaii and advised Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency officers that he had prescription medication in his baggage, according to a magistrate’s complaint filed in the Superior Court of Guam on Wednesday.
GCQA officers then conducted a baggage inspection to verify the prescription medications and found a pill packet labeled “metilfenidato,” which is the Spanish, Italian and Portuguese translation for methylphenidate, a Schedule II controlled substance, charging documents stated.
“Ocampo advised officers that he purchased the pills from a pharmacy in Mexico while on a personal vacation in May 2021 to treat attention deficit disorder. When asked by officers if he was diagnosed with ADD, Ocampo stated that he was not,” according to the complaint.
A field test was subsequently conducted on the pills, which resulted in a presumptive positive for methamphetamine, court documents stated.
Ocampo was charged with importation of a Schedule II controlled substance, and possession of a Schedule II controlled substance on board an aircraft arriving in Guam as first-degree felonies and possession of a Schedule II controlled substance as a third-degree felony.
