4 drug suspects held in Cavite, P339,000 worth of shabu seized
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LUCENA CITY — More than P339,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) were seized from four suspected drug traffickers who were apprehended on Monday and Tuesday in separate buy-bust operations in Dasmariñas City, Cavite.
The Police Regional Office 4A (PRO-4A) reported that Cavite police drug enforcement operatives arrested “Darwin” and “Cath” at 3 a.m. Tuesday after they sold P500 worth of meth to an undercover police officer in Barangay H-2.
The suspects yielded 25 grams of shabu placed in three plastic sachets valued at P170,000.
Earlier, local anti-illegal drugs agents arrested “Vincent” and “MJ” in another sting operation in Barangay Paliparan 3 at 11:50 p.m. on Monday.
Seized from the suspects were three sachets of shabu weighing 24.86 grams worth P169,048.
Darwin, Cath, and Vincent are on the police watch list as HVI or high-value individuals in the local drug trade. HVI are financiers, traffickers, manufacturers, and importers of illegal drugs or leaders/members of drug groups.
Police tagged MJ as a street-level drug pusher.
The Dasmariñas City police are conducting further investigation to determine the source of the illegal drugs.
The suspects are under police custody and are facing complaints of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
