4 nabbed in Bicol buy-busts

LEGAZPI CITY — Four suspected drug pushers were arrested in separate buy-bust operations in the provinces of Albay and Camarines Sur on Thursday night.

In Camarines Sur, Rolly Sarmiento, 29, was arrested in Barangay (village) Odicon in Pasacao town at around 5:50 p.m., Colonel Roderico Roy Jr., director of provincial police, said.

Seized from him were three sachets of suspected shabu (crystal meth), six sachets of marijuana leaves and a loaded caliber .22 revolver.

In Albay, Captain Dexter Panganiban, information officer of the provincial police, said Joven Copia, 30, was also arrested in a separate operation in Barangay Coro-Coro in Tiwi town at 4:55 p.m. Recovered from him were five sachets of shabu.

In Tabaco City, Jonathan Biron, 33, considered a high-value target drug peddler, and Malik Grande, 21, were arrested in Barangay Fatima at around 10:50 p.m.

Seized were two sachets of shabu with an estimated street value of P2,000.

/MUF
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