Over P168,000 shabu seized in Bicol buy-bust

Police arrested a street level drug pusher and seized shabu (crystal meth) worth over P168,000 from the suspect in a buy-bust in Daraga town in Albay province Sunday, April 6.

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DARAGA, ALBAY — Police arrested a street level drug pusher and seized shabu (crystal meth) worth over P168,000 from the suspect in a buy-bust in Daraga town in Albay province Sunday, April 6.

The suspect, identified only as “Fred,” was caught in the act while selling illegal drugs to a poseur buyer at 3:05 p.m. in Barangay (village) Tagas, Daraga police reported.

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Fred, 44 and a resident of Barangay Sagpon, also in Daraga, yielded seven pieces of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu. Police said the seized shabu was worth P168,640.

The suspect was taken into custody and is now facing charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

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