LUCENA CITY –– Police arrested a suspected drug pusher and eight alleged drug users in a drug-sniffing session and buy-bust operation Tuesday in Nasugbu town in Batangas province.
Nasugbu police, in a report, said anti-illegal drugs operatives collared Christian Talisic, 29, after he sold P1,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) to an undercover policeman acting as a drug user in a rented house in Barangay Wawa around 11:30 p.m.
Immediately after arresting Talisic, the police also nabbed Walter Cabalsa, Jerico Latag, Raymond Unlayao, Junell Lavadia, Rondick Naynes, Melvin Obciana, Robert Oabel, and Edmund Ramos. They were caught sniffing shabu inside the house in Wawa.
The police seized several sachets of shabu and drug paraphernalia from the suspects.
The suspects are facing charges of violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.