Cops nab shabu-selling masseuse in Quezon

LUCENA CITY –– A 39-year-old woman massage therapist was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Pagbilao town in Quezon province on Wednesday night, police said Thursday.

Pagbilao police reported that Cristina Gatdula, a freelance masseuse, was collared after she sold “shabu” (crystal meth) to an undercover police officer in Barangay Ikirin around 8 p.m.

The suspect yielded two plastic sachets of shabu worth P1,155 in the street market.

The police learned of the suspect’s drug-pushing activity from her former clients.

The suspect is a resident Barangay Dalahican in Lucena City, a coastal village fronting Tayabas Bay known for its widespread illegal drug activities. /lzb

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