10 nabbed at Valenzuela drug sting

Prior to the conduct of drug sting operation, elements of SDEU received a tip from their informant that a certain Mar who was later identified as Soccoro, was involved in peddling illegal drugs, along with his cohorts, in Barangay Karuhatan

Ten drug personalities, including a woman, were arrested by police following a buy-bust operation Tuesday before dawn in Valenzuela City.

Northern Police District Director PBGen. Ulysses Cruz lauded the Valenzuela Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) for the successful anti-drug operation that resulted in the arrest of suspected drug pusher Mar Socorro, resident of Dumpsite, Pinalagad, Malinta and nine others who were all involved in using and peddling illegal drugs in Barangay Karuhatan.

Cruz identified the other arrested suspects as Crisel Bravo, 34, Landrito Villegas, 38, Edmar Perez, 49, Rodolfo Masangya, 45, Ruel Fernandez Jr. 36, Clifford Austria, 42, Ernesto Docil, 54, Mauricio Doon, 54 and his elder brother Juan Doon, 59, all residents of Barangay Karuhatan.

Seized from the suspects were more or less 30 grams of shabu with standard drug price of P204,000.

Prior to the conduct of drug sting operation, elements of SDEU received a tip from their informant that a certain Mar who was later identified as Soccoro, was involved in peddling illegal drugs, along with his cohorts, in Barangay Karuhatan.

After a week-long monitoring and surveillance operation, a buy-bust operation was conducted at around 3:30 a.m. along Ilang-Ilang Street, Barangay Karuhatan that resulted in the arrest of Mar Socorro and nine other drug personalities.

Seized from the suspects were more or less 30 grams of shabu with standard drug price of P204,000, a .38 caliber revolver with three live bullets in its chamber, several pieces of drug paraphernalia, marked money consisting of one genuine P500 bill, buy-bust money and seven mobile phones.