LEGAZPI CITY — Two drug suspects were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Naga City in Camarines Sur province on Saturday night, Oct. 15, a police report said Sunday, Oct. 16.
Police Senior Master Sergeant Tobias Bongon, Naga City police spokesperson, said Abel Dela Cruz, 30 and Samuel Capin, 29, were arrested in Barangay (village) Concepcion Pequeña at around 7:49 p.m. after they sold shabu (crystal meth) to an undercover policeman.
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Seized were two sachets of shabu worth P5,440 and the P500 buy-bust money.
Bongon said the suspects were placed under surveillance for a while before the buy-bust operation as they were about to be included in the city’s illegal drugs watch list.
The suspects will be facing charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.