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LUCENA CITY — Police in Quezon province seized more than P132,000 worth of “shabu” (crystal meth) from two drug suspects in separate buy-bust operations on Wednesday, Nov. 9.
In a report, the Quezon police said anti-narcotics operatives in Infanta town nabbed Michael Maligat in Barangay Tongohin at 11:27 p.m.
The suspect, an identified drug trader on the police watchlist, yielded eight sachets of shabu with an estimated Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) value of P102,000.
In Sariaya town, policemen busted Winnie Sugitan in a drug sting operation in Barangay Guis-Guis at 8:50 p.m.
Authorities said the suspect was caught with 10 sachets of shabu worth P30,872 as per DDB valuation.
The police classified Sugitan as a “high-value” target in the local drug trade.
Both suspects were detained and face charges of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
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