P1.7M ‘shabu’ seized from high-value drug suspect in Bulacan

Police inspect the confiscated illegal drugs from a high-value target in the City of San Jose del Monte. (Photo courtesy of Bulacan Provincial Police Information Office)

CAMP GEN. ALEJO SANTOS, Bulacan—Police seized 250 grams of “shabu” (crystal meth) worth P1.7 million from a suspected drug dealer arrested during a buy-bust operation Monday, Nov. 1, in the City of San Jose del Monte.

Col. Manuel Lukban Jr., Bulacan police director, identified the suspect as Anthony Montefalcon, a resident of the City of Parañaque.

Lukban said Montefalcon has been tagged a “high-value target” and is on the police watchlist at the national level.

The suspect was arrested during the operation at 5:30 p.m. in Barangay Gaya-Gaya.

In Baliwag town, another anti-illegal drug operation resulted in the arrest of two suspects identified as Fernando Abraham Jr. and Cecilio Rivera, both from Barangay Tiaong.

Seized from them were four sachets of alleged shabu and the buy-bust money.

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