LUCENA CITY, Philippines – Police seized some P400,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) from an alleged drug pusher arrested during a buy-bust operation in this city on Friday, a police report said Saturday.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Romulo Albacea, Lucena police chief, in a report said anti-narcotics agents collared Dennis Alpay, 43, after selling a pack of shabu to an undercover police officer in a transaction inside a subdivision in Barangay (village) Ilayang Iyam around 3:30 p.m.
Authorities seized four plastic sachets of shabu weighing 20 grams, with a street value of P408,000.
The suspect was detained at the police station and is now facing charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Police said the suspect is jobless and is new in the drug trade.
The source of the suspect’s shabu is still being determined by probers.