Nurse falls in Cagayan drug bust

CAMALANIUGAN, Cagayan – A private hospital nurse listed as a high-value illegal drug personality was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bulala here Tuesday.

Police identified the suspect as Richard Francis Valencia, 42, a resident of Barangay Dacalla Fugu here.

Valencia was cornered by the operatives of the Camalaniugan Police Station and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency after he sold suspected shabu to a poseur-buyer.

Confiscated from the suspect were two 1500 bills and one heat-sealed plastic sachet with suspected shabu, police said.

The Police Regional Office 2 (PRO 2) said the suspect is included in the PNP Directorate for IntelligencePDEA list of high-value individuals categorized as drug pusher and user.