LEGAZPI CITY––Three suspected drug pushers were arrested, and P24,400 worth of shabu (crystal meth) was seized in separate police operations Monday and Tuesday in Camarines Norte.
In Paracale town, Gabriel San Gabriel, 41, was arrested in a buy-bust operation at 7:40 p.m. Monday in Barangay III.
Colonel Julius Guadamor, Camarines Norte police chief, said authorities recovered eight sachets of shabu worth P4,000 and a caliber .45 with six bullets.
In Jose Panganiban town, Raymundo Ocaya, 28, was arrested in a search operation at 10:15 p.m. in Barangay Luklukan Sur.
Guadamor said the police recovered 1.5 grams of shabu worth P10,200 from Ocaya’s house.
In a separate search operation, Dionisio Dela Cruz, 47, was arrested at 12:28 a.m. Tuesday in Barangay Luklukan in the same town.
Authorities seized a magazine for caliber .45 with five bullets, 1.5 grams of shabu worth P10,200, and other drug paraphernalia.