4 drug pushers busted in Lucena

LUCENA CITY – Police arrested a notorious drug pusher, who was out on bail, and three other suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) peddlers in buy-bust operations here Wednesday and Thursday, police said.

Supt. Romulo Albacea, Lucena police chief, said anti-drug operatives, acting on information from concerned citizens and drug surrenderers, busted Nelson Surquia, 63, after he sold shabu to an undercover police officer in a transaction in Barangay (village) Cotta around 12:45 a.m. Thursday.

Authorities seized five sachets of shabu weighing six grams worth P30,000 in the street market.

Surquia was first arrested on April 3 when police raided his house in the same village and seized P12,000 worth of shabu packed in 13 sachets. He posted bail for his temporary freedom.

On Wednesday, policemen collared Renato Gadbilao, Ryan Secretaria and Cedrick Reyes in separate buy-bust operations in different barangays here.

The arrest of the three suspects, all included in the police drug watch list, were also based on the information provided by drug surrenderers.