2 suspected drug pushers nabbed in Quezon

LUCENA CITY – Two suspected drug pushers, one of them carrying an illegal firearm, were arrested in buy-bust operations in this city and Sariaya town in Quezon province on Saturday and Sunday, police said.

Ronnie Orlin, 24, was busted after he sold “shabu” (crystal meth) to an undercover police officer in a transaction in Barangay (village) Sampaloc 2, Sariaya at around 12:40 a.m. Sunday, Quezon police said in a report.

The suspect sensed that he was dealing with a policeman and ran toward his house but was chased and subsequently arrested.

Police seized a plastic sachet of shabu containing less than one gram and a homemade 12 gauge shotgun with one bullet from the suspect, tagged as notorious distributor of shabu in the village and nearby areas.

Police said drug syndicates were supplying firearms to some of their peddlers for protection, aside from free supplies of shabu for personal use as incentives.

In Lucena City, policeman arrested Anthony de los Reyes, 36, in another drug sting operation in Barangay Ibabang Iyam around 9:35 p.m. Saturday.

The suspect yielded seven plastic sachets of shabu worth P10,890 in the street market. /je