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Actor Julio Diaz nabbed in anti-drug ops

Authorities on Friday arrested actor Julio Diaz and another suspect in a buy-bust operation in Meycauayan City, Bulacan.

Bulacan Provincial Police Office Senior Superintendent Romeo Caramat said that Diaz (real name: Mariano de Leon) is listed as a high-value target. He was arrested along with Ronald Gomez at around 12:40 a.m.

Diaz and Gomez were arrested after they were caught selling a sachet containing suspected shabu to a poseur buyer for P500.

Seized from the suspects were four sachets of suspected shabu with an estimated weight of 12 grams and street value of P60,000, assorted drug paraphernalia and the buy-bust money.

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The suspects and seized evidence were brought to the Bulacan crime laboratory office for the appropriate examination.

Criminal complaints against the two suspects are still being prepared for the filing in court.

Diaz was previously included in the drugs watch list of Meycauayan Police Station.

Authorities were prompted to conduct an operation after they discovered that Diaz was allegedly involved in illegal drugs. —Marlly Rome Bondoc/KG/KBK, GMA News