Ormoc police chief's brother nabbed in Tacloban drug bust | Inquirer News

Ormoc police chief’s brother nabbed in Tacloban drug bust

By: - Correspondent / @rdejonINQ
/ 05:09 PM November 02, 2016

Shabu (INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/ ALLAN MACATUNO)

Shabu (INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/ ALLAN MACATUNO)

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte — The younger brother of the Ormoc City police chief has been arrested during a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Sabang, Tacloban City, Leyte.

Ruel Ramirez and his live-in partner, Noriel Navarro, were detained at the Tacloban City Police Office, pending filing of charges for violation of the Comprehensive Drugs Act of 2002 at the prosecutor’s office.

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Ramirez is the younger brother of Senior Supt. Ramil Laroga Ramirez, Ormoc police director, said Chief Insp. Steve Castillote III, chief of Police Station 2 in Tacloban.

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Castillote said Ramirez was on the list of top drug personalities in Ormoc.

Ramirez and Navarro were arrested after they handed a pack of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) to an undercover policeman about 3:30 p.m. on Monday. Seized from them were P320,000 worth of shabu.  SFM

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