Cops bust 2 alleged drug pushers in Lucena

LUCENA CITY – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers here Monday morning.

Police Lieutenant Colonel Romulo Albacea, Lucena police chief, in a report identified the arrested suspects as Charles Nuñez, 36, and Noli Guevarra, 40.

Anti-narcotics operatives collared Guevarra after he sold a pack of shabu (crystal meth) to an undercover police officer in a drug deal in Barangay (village) Ibabang Iyam around 9:30 a.m.

Guevarra, who is included in the list of identified drug pushers in the city, yielded six sachets of shabu.

Nuñez was arrested in a sting operation in another part of the village an hour earlier.

Authorities seized four sachets of shabu from the suspect who had a previous drug case in neighboring Sariaya town

The suspects will face a complaint for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

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