Street-level individual busted in Surigao City during drug buy-bust operation
BUTUAN
CITY -- The operatives of Surigao City Police Station Drug Enforcement
Unit (SCPS-DEU) on Tuesday (January 17) successfully arrested a newly
identified drug personality and a street-level individual in a buy-bust
operation in Surigao City.
Ricky
Manatad Ravelo, a resident of Barangay Sabang in the said city, was
apprehended by local authorities during its operation at Purok 2,
Barangay Sabang, where one plastic sachet of suspected crystal meth,
locally known as “shabu” with an estimated weight of more or less 0.2
grams was confiscated from the 40-year-old suspect, along with a
P1000-peso bill as marked money.
The confiscated shabu is estimated at P1,360 in standard drug price value.
"The
Surigao del Norte Police Force will continue to defend the innocent
from being victimized and exploited by the serious effects of illicit
narcotics,” said Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Office (SDNPPO)
Officer-in-Charge Laudemer M. Laude.
Ravelo will be facing charges for violating Republic Act No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
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