HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — A woman was accused of selling methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school last week.
Liza Concepcion Quinata is facing charges in the U.S. District Court of Guam of conspiracy to distribute five or more grams of methamphetamine and distribution near a school on Oct. 23.
According to a complaint filed in the federal court, an informant told a detective with the Guam Police Department that Quinata had been dealing methamphetamine.
The informant described being picked up by Quinata’s 15-year-old son and taken to Quinata’s residence in Yigo to purchase methamphetamine. Upon arrival, the informant was taken to a room in the residence “where all the drug activity and business usually took place.”
“The (source of information) described that the room contains an abundance of jewelry (and) cellphones that Quinata was stripping and working on and other miscellaneous items, which the SOI believed to be proceeds from drug swaps,” the complaint stated.
Quinata then allegedly gave the informant about seven grams of methamphetamine, which was taken out of a bag that contained about an ounce total of the drug, according to the informant.
The informant further explained she was “fronted” the drugs, which means she was given the meth without immediate payment, but there was an understanding the informant would later provide Quinata with the money after selling it.
After the exchange, Homeland Security investigators executed a search warrant of Quinata’s residence, which was located within 1,000 feet of St. Francis Catholic School in Yona. The search yielded seizures of methamphetamine, firearms, ammunition, drug paraphernalia and electronic devices, the complaint stated.
Since the complaint was filed, Quinata was indicted and is scheduled to answer to her charges on Nov. 14.
Until then, Quinata remains in federal custody.
The U.S. District Court of Guam in Hagåtña is shown on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023.
