Drug group member nabbed in Camarines Norte

LEGAZPI CITY—Police arrested a man they consider a high-value drug suspect in a buy-bust operation Tuesday in Daet, Camarines Norte.

Col. Julius Guadamor, Camarines Norte police chief, said Christopher Vargas, 37, was arrested around 8:30 a.m. in Barangay V.

Guadamor said Vargas was a member of the “Rey Gutierrez Drug Group” and was on the illegal drugs watch list in the province.

The police recovered 10 sachets of “shabu” (crystal meth) worth P5,000.

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