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LUCENA CITY 鈥� Authorities arrested four alleged drug traffickers on Saturday and Sunday (April 5 and 6) in buy-bust operations in Quezon, Laguna, and Rizal and seized P510,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) and an illegal firearm, the police said.
Quezon police drug enforcement unit held 鈥淩ey鈥� after he sold a pack of shabu to an undercover cop in a transaction in Barangay Ibabang Iyam in Lucena City at around 4 a.m., the Police Region 4 said in a report Sunday.
The law enforcers caught Rey in alleged possession of three plastic sachets containing suspected shabu weighing 30 grams with a Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) value of about P204,000 at P6,800 standard price per gram.
The police also confiscated a motorcycle believed to have been used by the suspect in his illegal drug transactions.
The suspect 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/members of drug groups.
In Laguna, anti-illegal drug operatives in Cabuyao City held 鈥淩ichard鈥� after he sold shabu to a poseur buyer in Barangay Bigaa at 6:05 p.m.
Richard, identified as a street pusher in the locality, was reportedly caught in possession of nine sachets of suspected shabu weighing 25 grams valued at P170,000 as per DDB standard price.
The cops also seized the suspect鈥檚 motorcycle.
In Bi帽an City, policemen nabbed 鈥淎te Kim鈥� in Barangay Timbao at 2:20 p.m.
The suspect yielded three sachets of suspected shabu weighing 17 grams with a DDB value of P115,600.
In Cainta, Rizal, drug enforcers busted 鈥淭utoy鈥� in Barangay Sto Ni帽o at around 1 a.m. Sunday.
Police seized from the suspect, tagged as a drug pusher and user, five sachets allegedly containing three grams of meth worth P20,000 as per DDB valuation.
During routine frisking, the suspect was also found carrying an undocumented .9mm Norinco pistol loaded with four bullets.
All suspects are under police custody and will face complaints of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Tutoy will also face another case for illegal possession of a firearm and violation of the election gun ban.
搁贰础顿:听Shabu, marijuana worth P1.8 million, gun seized in Calabarzon drug ops