COVID-19 cash aid recipient nabbed in Quezon drug sting | Inquirer News

COVID-19 cash aid recipient nabbed in Quezon drug sting

By: - Correspondent / @dtmallarijrINQ
/ 11:53 AM May 23, 2020

LUCENA CITY –– Police arrested a suspected a drug pusher in Lopez, Quezon on Friday night, who turned out to be a recipient of the government’s emergency cash aid under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) to cope with the COVID-19 crisis.

Major Margarito Umali, Lopez police chief, reported that anti-illegal drug operatives collared Rani Arellano, 47, after he sold “shabu” (crystal meth) to an undercover police officer in a transaction in Barangay Cogorin Ilaya around 8:30 p.m.

The suspect reportedly included in the list of SAP beneficiaries in the village, yielded four plastic sachets of shabu worth P800 in the street market.

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The suspect is facing charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

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