CEBU CITY — A former policeman was arrested when law enforcers raided a suspected drug den in Barangay Duljo Fatima here on Wednesday, Jan. 15.
THREE persons, including a former policeman, are placed under arrest after a suspected drug den, where packs of suspected shabu were seized, was raided in Cebu City on Monday, Jan. 15. (PDEA-7)
The suspect, a certain Ruel, was the alleged maintainer of the drug den raided by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Cebu Provincial Office and operatives of the Cebu City Police Station 11.
Two other men, a 61-year-old on-call driver, and a 46-year-old parking attendant, were also arrested after they were caught inside the drug den.
Among the items confiscated during the operation were seven packs of suspected shabu with an estimated average market value of P122,400.
Leia Alcantara, information officer of PDEA-Central Visayas, said the operation materialized after a one-week case buildup.
Alcantara said Ruel had gone absent without official leave after serving for 18 years in the police organization.
The suspect was also arrested in 2016 for illegal drug charges but was acquitted in 2022.
Charges for violation of Sections 5, 6, 7, 11, and 12, Article 2, of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 will be filed against the former policeman and two other suspects, Alcantara said.