7 drug suspects in Calabarzon yield P2M worth of shabu, 2 guns
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LUCENA CITY — Seven suspected traffickers were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday yielding more than P2 million worth of shabu (crystal meth) and two illegal firearms in police operations in Cavite, Laguna, and Quezon provinces.
The Police Region 4A reported Thursday that anti-narcotics operatives in Dasmarinas City, Cavite held “Vin” at 10:55 p.m. on Wednesday after he sold P50,000 worth of shabu to an undercover police officer in Barangay San Agustin 2.
Seized from Vin were three sachets containing shabu weighing 150 grams worth P1,020,000.
The report tagged the suspect as a high-value individual (HVI) in the illegal drug trade. HVI refers to financiers, traffickers, manufacturers, and importers of drugs or leaders/members of drug groups.
Later at 2:45 a.m. Thursday, the same team of operatives busted “Barok” in Barangay Burol Main, also in Dasmarinas City.
The suspect, also an HVI, was caught in alleged possession of six sachets containing meth weighing 95 grams valued at P646,000.
In Tanay, Rizal, police arrested “Marc” and “Dada” at 11:58 a.m. on Wednesday in Barangay Sampaloc.
The cops seized from the suspects, both identified street pushers in the locality, six sachets of shabu weighing 25 grams worth P170,000 and an undocumented .9mm pistol loaded with five bullets.
Also confiscated was a motorcycle believed to have been used by the suspects in their alleged illegal business and a mobile phone to be checked for records of drug transactions.
At 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday, anti-illegal drugs operatives in Laguna held “Ryan” and “Rochelle” in Barangay Timbao in Biñan City.
The suspects, both street-level pushers on the police watch list, were reportedly found in possession of seven sachets of shabu worth P56,440.
During routine frisking, police found Ryan carrying an illegal .38 revolver with five bullets.
In Calauag, Quezon, policemen with an arrest warrant swooped down around 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday on the house of “Pato” in Barangay Binutas.
The authorities reportedly found Pato in possession of one sachet of shabu weighing 25.8 grams worth P175,440, assorted paraphernalia for the illegal drug trade, and an undocumented .45 pistol loaded with seven bullets.
The law enforcers also seized the motorcycle of the suspect, who is wanted for a drug case.
All arrested suspects are under police custody and will face criminal charges.
