4 nabbed, over P465K shabu seized in Bicol
LEGAZPI CITY — Four suspected drug personalities were arrested while P465,800 worth of shabu (crystal meth) and firearms were seized in separate operations in the Bicol region on Wednesday, June 22.
Police Major Maria Luisa Calubaquib, Bicol police spokesperson, said Rumualdo Bracino, 44, and Nenette Barbara, 49, were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay (village) Tugos in Paracale town in Camarines Norte province at around 1:07 a.m.
Authorities recovered three sachets of shabu weighing 65 grams worth P442,000.
Calubaquib said Barbara was included in the illegal drugs watch list in the region.
In Minalabac town in Camarines Sur province, Sanny Rick Favio, 34, was also arrested in a search operation in Barangay San Jose at around 5:30 a.m.
During the operation, eight sachets of shabu weighing 3.5 grams worth P23,800 and a loaded caliber .38 gun were seized.
In an entrapment operation, Wilfredo Montecalvo, 56, was arrested in Barangay Beriran in Gubat town in Sorsogon province at around 8 a.m.
Police confiscated a caliber. 38 gun from the said suspect.
