COTABATO CITY – A police raid early Monday on a house of a drug suspect in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato, led to the seizure of some ₱ 20,000 worth of suspected shabu.
Lt. Colonel Ramel Hojilla, Kidapawan police chief, identified the arrested suspect as Kevvin Leo Ochavo Vasquez, 21, of Barangay Poblacion, Kidapawan City.
Armed with a search warrant issued by a regional court, Hojilla said the police raiding team swooped down on the house of the suspect around 4:30 AM.
“The suspect did not resist arrest because the policemen have surrounded his house,” Hojilla said, adding Vasquez had been under police surveillance for a month before Sunday’s anti-drug operation.
Seized from the suspect were five sachets of suspected shabu with an estimated street value of ₱ 20,000, and drug paraphernalia.
Charges for violation of R.A. 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002) were readied against the suspect now detained at the Kidapawan police custodial facility, police said.
(Source: Noel Punzalan /PNA)