GOVERNMENT agents arrested a suspected drug ring leader along with five others in a raid in Misamis Occidental, authorities said on Thursday.
Wilkins Villanueva, regional director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), identified the suspect as Zorabel Revil Banga a.k.a. “Mamay,” 38, of Talic, Oroquieta City in Misamis Occidental.
The suspect, who worked as a nursing attendant at the Misamis Occidental Provincial Hospital in Oroquieta, is allegedly the leader of the notorious “Revil Drug Group,” Villanueva said.
Armed with a search warrant, the PDEA agents swooped down on the suspect’s residence in the village of Talic in Oroquieta City Tuesday morning, Villanueva said.
He said that aside from the suspected ringleader, the agents also collared Debbie Revil, 19; Arnel Revil, 32; Romnick Maisog Gumatas, 27; Junevel Suan Tacastacas, 31; and a certain Jack Orong. One of the suspects, Charlie Caliat, eluded arrest. Seized were 72 grams of suspected shabu, and seven live ammunition for a caliber .38 revolver. (pna)
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