2 drug suspects busted in Lucena City

LUCENA CITY – Police arrested two notorious drug pushers in buy-bust operations here on Saturday.

Lieutenant Colonel Romulo Albacea, Lucena City  police chief, identified the suspects as Simplicio Tiña Jr., 52, and Maria Cecilia De Guzman, 37.

Anti-narcotics agents collared Tiña after he sold shabu or crystal meth to an undercover police officer in a transaction in Barangay 9 at around 9:10 a.m.

Authorities seized four sachets of shabu worth an estimated P11,000.

De Guzman was nabbed in another buy-bust operation in Barangay Ibabang Iyam at around 7:30 a.m.

The suspect yielded five sachets with shabu worth an estimated P19,000.

Both suspects are included in the illegal drugs watchlist, police said.

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