Suspected drug pusher nabbed in Camarines Norte

LEGAZPI CITY – Anti-narcotics operatives arrested a suspected drug pusher in Daet town, Camarines Norte on Tuesday night.

Chief Insp. Maria Luisa Calubaquib, spokesperson of the Bicol police, said Jazel Ponayo, 27, was arrested while selling suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) to an undercover policeman at the parking area of a hotel in Barangay Gahonon around 6:30 p.m.

Recovered from Ponayo was about 50 grams of suspected shabu worth P340,000.

Cotton Yuson Talento, information officer of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Bicol, said Ponayo was a high-value target included in their watch list. MAR S. ARGUELLES