Couple, three others fall in Lucena City drug buy-bust

Five alleged drug traders, including a husband and wife, were arrested in buy-bust operations in Lucena City.

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LUCENA CITY — Five alleged drug traders, including a husband and wife, were arrested in buy-bust operations here after they yielded more than P62,000 worth of “shabu” (crystal meth) on Friday.

Anti-illegal drug operatives collared Alvin Rosas, 45, a listed drug pusher; his wife, Nancy, 40; and their nephew, Kier John Rosas, 28, after they sold P1,000 worth of meth to a police agent in Barangay Ibabang Dupay around 8:30 a.m., said Lt. Colonel Erickson Roranes, the new Lucena police chief, in a report.

Authorities confiscated six sachets of shabu weighing 5.7 grams with an estimated Dangerous Drugs Board value of P46,230.

Earlier, the same police team nabbed Erwin Bola, 40, and John Peter Villanueva, 32, in another sting operation in Barangay Ibabang Iyam at 1:14 a.m.

Police seized P16,320 worth of meth from the two.

The suspects were detained and will be charged with violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

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