Alleged notorious drug pusher falls in Lucena bust

By: Delfin T. Mallari Jr. - 3 years ago

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LUCENA CITY—An alleged notorious drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation early Tuesday in this city.

Lt. Col. Reynaldo Reyes, Lucena police chief, identified the arrested suspect as Christopher Badiango, 47, included in the police list of identified illegal drug peddlers in the province.

The suspect was collared at 12:08 a.m. after selling P500 worth of shabu (crystal meth) in the coastal village of Barra. Authorities seized five plastic sachets of shabu with a street value of P22,440.

The suspect was detained and will face a complaint for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

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