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LUCENA CITY — Some P268,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) was seized from a drug suspect arrested Wednesday in a buy-bust on Wednesday in Sta. Cruz town in Laguna province.
The Police Regional Office 4A (PRO-4A) reported that operatives from the Laguna drug enforcement unit and local police nabbed at 12:45 p.m. Rainier Alfonso Alvarez in Barangay Sto. Angel Sur.
Alvarez was found with five sachets and one tied knot plastic bag of meth weighing 39.5 grams with an estimated Dangerous Drugs Board value of P268,500.
Police were tracking the source of the illegal drugs.
Brigadier General Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., PRO 4-A chief, commended the cops behind the successful operation.
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