SAN PEDRO CITY –– A suspected illegal drugs dealer was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Calauan town in Laguna province with over P600,000 worth of “shabu” (crystal meth), police said Saturday.
Police said they recovered from Joey Malipol of Sto. Tomas City in Batangas province, 38,110 grams of suspected shabu worth about P660,000 after he was caught in a buy-bust around 5 p.m. Friday in Barangay Limao.
After the transaction, a police back-up team arrested Malipol as they found 28 sachets of suspected shabu inside his car.
Laguna police chief Col. Eleazar Matta, in a report on Saturday, said members of the Calauan Drug Enforcement Team had long been monitoring Malipol’s activities based on civilians’ tips that he had been supplying illegal drugs in the town. Maricar Cinco/lzb