QC buy-bust nets No. 2 drug priority target; P7-M worth of shabu seized – police
MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City policemen have arrested a man considered the No. 2 district drug priority target following a buy-bust operation that yielded about P7-million worth of suspected crystal meth or “shabu.”
In a report on Tuesday, the QC Police District (QCPD) identified the suspect as Ian Torres delos Reyes, 37, who was arrested in Brgy. Katipunan at 8:50 p.m. on Monday.
The QCPD seized 1.5 kilograms of suspected shabu with an estimated value of P7.14 million from a suspect. These will be brought to the Quezon City Police District’s District Forensic Unit for a chemical examination. The suspect is in custody at the District Drug Enforcement Unit while legal proceedings are being prepared to be presented in court.
“Let’s continue our intensified campaign against illegal drugs to attain a drug-free Quezon City,” QCPD chief Police Brig. Gen. Nicolas Torre III. – Meralyn Melitante, Inquirer.net trainee
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