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LUCENA CITY 鈥� Police anti-narcotics agents arrested six alleged drug traffickers on Sunday, April 14, and seized more than P2 million worth of 鈥渟habu鈥� (crystal meth) and two illegal firearms in separate
buy-bust operations in Quezon province.
Tiaong operatives arrested at 10:45 a.m. 鈥淣eil,鈥� 28, after he sold a pack of shabu to an undercover cop in Barangay Lagalag, Colonel Ledon Monte, Quezon police chief, reported.
Seized from the suspect, who is a 鈥渉igh-value鈥� target in the government鈥檚 drug war, were 11 plastic sachets of meth weighing 78.43 grams with a standard drug price of P533,324.
The confiscated meth was worth P1,599,972 in the street market at P20,400 per gram, the report said.
搁贰础顿:听Quezon buy-busts: 2 guns, 鈥榮habu鈥� seized from 3 suspects
Police also found the suspect carrying a Berreta .9mm pistol loaded with five bullets. The gun had the mark, 鈥淧NP Property 鈥� with the corresponding serial number.
Authorities are investigating to determine the owner of the firearm.
At 6:30 a.m., the same police team also held 鈥淟ester,鈥� 34, in Barangay Lusacan.
The suspect, an identified street pusher in the village, yielded two sachets of shabu worth P111,996 in the street market.
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In the operations, police confiscated two motorcycles believed to have been used by the suspects in their illegal drug trade.
In Lucena City, local drug enforcers nabbed at 6:50 p.m. one alias 鈥淏aboy鈥� in a sting set-up in Barangay Ibabang Iyam.
The suspect was found in alleged possession of P119,340 worth of shabu in the street market.
Police tagged the suspect as another 鈥渉igh-value鈥� target and an alleged member of a drug syndicate.
Later, at 11:28 p.m., anti-illegal drug operatives busted 鈥淪haider,鈥� 鈥淯toy,鈥� and 鈥淢oneth鈥� in another part of the same village.
Seized from the suspects were shabu, with a total street value of P208,896.
Utoy also yielded an undocumented .38 revolver loaded with two bullets.
All suspects were placed in police custody and faced charges of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Neil and Utoy will be slapped with another case for illegal possession of a firearm. INQ