Police swarm Cher's home in massive drug raid; Fentanyl dealer arrested, revealed to be Cher's assistant's son

Police did clarify that the 72-year-old singer had no role to play in this incident or arrest. The singer wasn't at home at the time the police swarmed the place.
UPDATED SEP 28, 2018

A joint operation consisting of The Ventura County Interagency Pharmaceutical Crimes Unit, Directed Enforcement Unit and a Special Enforcement Unit stormed the singer Cher's Malibu home on Thursday and concluded a two-week narcotic investigation. It ended with the arrest of a 23-year-old suspect by the name of Donovan Ruiz from the property on Pacific Coast Highway, states a release from the Ventura County Sheriff's office. During the raid on the home in search of narcotics, the police also seized evidence related to Ruiz's selling of illegal controlled substances.

 



 

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