Google map of Santa Cruz municipality, Davao del Sur.
DIGOS CITY – A former member of the Philippine National Police (PNP) was arrested in a buy-bust operation in the Davao del Sur town of Sta. Cruz Tuesday.
Maj. Crisaldo Gaila, Sta. Cruz OIC-police chief, identified the suspect as Ronald Notarte Baderas, 36, a resident Barangay Barayong, Magsaysay town.
Gaila said a team of police officers and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency agents recovered three sachets of suspected shabu during the buy-bust operation in Barangay Bato in Sta. Cruz town at about 3:30 p.m.
Authorities also recovered the PHP1,000 bill used as marked money from Baderas, as well as other pieces of evidence.
Gaila described Baderas as a street-level pusher, based on the list from the PNP's Directorate for Intelligence.
Police said Baderas was recently released from jail through a plea-bargaining agreement after he was previously caught selling illegal drugs.
The suspect is now under the custody of Sta. Cruz municipal station for proper disposition and filing of appropriate charges, Gaila said. (PNA)
