The Court of Appeals (CA) has acquitted a drug suspect in Ilocos Norte because of procedural lapses on the part of the police.

In an 18-page decision by Associate Justice Remedios Salazar-Fernando and concurred in by Associate Justices Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla and Socorro Inting, the CA’s Second Division reversed a ruling of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Bangui, Ilocos Norte as it ordered the acquittal of Rogelio Paleracio y Valdez for violation of Section 11 of Republic Act 9165 or the Dangerous Drugs Act.

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