Cash aid recipient nabbed in Lucena buy-bust
LUCENA CITY –– Police arrested a suspected drug pusher here early Saturday who turned out to be a recipient of the government’s emergency cash aid under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP).
Lt. Colonel Romulo Albacea, Lucena police chief, identified the suspect as Fernando Herrera, 39, and reportedly included in the list of SAP beneficiaries in Barangay Ibabang Iyam.
The police said the suspect was collared after he sold “shabu” (crystal meth) to an undercover police officer in a transaction in the said village at 6:40 a.m.
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Authorities seized 11 plastic sachets of shabu worth P14,552.
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The suspect is facing charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
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