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LEGAZPI CITY — Anti-narcotics operatives arrested Monday two suspected drug traders and seized more than P58,000 worth of “shabu” (crystal meth) in separate buy-bust operations in Naga City in Camarines Sur.
Master Sergeant Tobias Bongon, Naga City police spokesperson, said in a report that Randy Novelo, 44, was arrested after selling a sachet of shabu worth P17,500 to an undercover agent in Barangay (village) San Felipe at around 1:30 p.m.
Bongon said the confiscated illegal drugs weighed about eight grams with a market value of P54,400.
Novelo was on the illegal drugs watch list in the Bicol region.
In the same village, Rodel Sumpay, 31, was also arrested in a separate operation at around 3:32 a.m.
The authorities confiscated a sachet of shabu worth P1,000.
During the body search, another two sachets of shabu were recovered with a market value of P3,000. INQ
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