Over P376,000 ‘shabu’ seized in Bicol buy-busts
LEGAZPI CITY — Authorities arrested a high-value drug personality and another drug suspect and recovered more than P376,000 worth of “shabu” (crystal meth) during separate buy-bust operations Wednesday night in Masbate and Camarines Sur provinces.A
Lieutenant Colonel Maria Luisa Calubaquib, spokesperson for the Bicol police, reported that they arrested at 6:54 p.m. Elmer Villamor, 33, at Barangay Tabuc in Mobo town in Masbate.
Identified as a high-value individual, Villamor is on the illegal drug watch list in Bicol.
Confiscated during the operation were eight sachets of shabu weighing 55 grams worth P374,000.
In Baao town in Camarines Sur, Ericson Borromeo, an alleged street-level peddler, was arrested at 8:20 p.m. in Barangay Sagrada.
Article continues after this advertisementThree sachets of shabu worth P2,040 were confiscated from the suspect.
Article continues after this advertisementThe suspects face charges of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. INQ
RELATED STORIES
10 Bicol drug suspects busted, over P588,000 shabu seized
Over P1.1M ‘shabu’ seized from 8 suspects in Bicol | Inquirer News
6 arrested, over P300 K shabu seized in Bicol drug stings
