2 drug suspects yield shabu after escaping checkpoint in Batangas
LUCENA CITY––Two motorcycle-riding drug suspects were arrested Sunday when they yielded shabu (crystal meth) after a brief chase with police manning a Commission on Election (Comelec) checkpoint in Tuy town in Batangas province.
The Batangas police said in a report that while traveling at 10:50 p.m., Mark John Mauricio, 37, and Jeffrey España, 36, disregarded the Comelec checkpoint in Barangay Luntal.
The police chased and cornered the two riders who failed to produce their drivers’ licenses.
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During the routine frisking, the police found two sachets of shabu inside the pocket and in a sling pouch of the suspects.
The suspects were detained and faced charges for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and election laws.
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