‘Bigtime’ drug trafficker yields P3.4 million worth of shabu in Batangas op
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LUCENA CITY — Anti-illegal drug operatives arrested an alleged bigtime drug trafficker in a buy-bust operation in Cuenca town in Batangas province on Friday, March 14.
They also seized P3.4 million worth of shabu (crystal meth).
Batangas police drug enforcement unit and local cops nabbed “Tatay,” 57, at 3:10 p.m. after he allegedly sold P300,000 worth of shabu to an undercover cop in Barangay (village) 7.
This report comes from the Police Region 4A (PRO-4A) information office on Saturday.
The operatives confiscated from Tatay “five big heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets” containing shabu weighing 500 grams valued at P3,400,000.
They also obtained other drug paraphernalia.
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Authorities also took as evidence a mobile phone which will be examined for possible records of drug transactions.
The suspect, a welder and resident of San Pascual, Batangas, is classified as a high-value individual (HVI) in the illegal drug trade.
HVI refers to financiers, traffickers, manufacturers and importers of illegal drugs, or leaders or members of drug groups.
“This successful anti-illegal drug operation demonstrates our relentless to run after these illegal peddlers and intensify our campaign against illegal drugs, ensuring a safer and more secure Calabarzon community,” Police Brigadier General Paul Kenneth Lucas, PRO-4A director, said in a statement.
PRO-4A covers the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon or the Calabarzon region.
The police are investigating the source of the illegal drugs.
The suspect is in police custody and will face charges of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
