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LUCENA CITY – Police arrested a drug suspect who also yielded some P2 million worth of shabu following a buy-bust operation in Infanta, Quezon on Friday .
Col. Ledon Monte, Quezon police chief, said members of the local drug enforcement unit collared Ricardo Morfe, 46, after he sold shabu to an undercover agent in Barangay Comon at around 2:50 p.m.
The suspect, who is on the police drug watch list as an “HVI” or high-value individual on the local drug scene, yielded six sachets of shabu weighing 100 grams.
It is worth P2,040,000 in the street market, at P20,400 per gram, said the report.
Authorities are tracking the source of the illegal drugs.
The suspect was detained and faces a formal complaint for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
On Jan. 4, anti-illegal drugs operatives in Lucena City also busted three big-time traders, one of them an “HVI” and seized 153 grams of shabu with an estimated value of over P1 million. The confiscated illegal drugs are worth P3,125,280 in the street market.
Meanwhile, Lucena City anti-illegal drugs operatives arrested Joseph Dudas following another buy-bust operation in Barangay Mayao Crossing at around 8 a.m. on Saturday, Lt. Colonel Erickson Roranes, Lucena City police chief reported.