LUCENA CITY––Police arrested an armed drug suspect and seized about P340,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) in a buy-bust operation Tuesday in Taytay town in Rizal province.
The Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) police reported that local anti-illegal drugs operatives in Taytay busted one DL Francisco after he sold P1,500 worth of shabu around 3:20 a.m. at Soccer Street Callejon 1 in Barangay San Juan.
Authorities found the suspect carrying six sachets of shabu weighing 10 grams worthP340,000.
The suspect also yielded an illegal caliber .38 gun with five bullets.
The suspect was detained and faces complaints in violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, illegal possession of a firearm, and election gun ban.