LUCENA CITY – Police arrested five drug suspects and seized an estimated P429,000 worth of shabu in separate operations on Friday and Saturday in Rizal, Laguna and Batangas.
In Antipolo City, Rizal, Jonathan Caponpon and Ma. Victoria Gongora were collared at around 3:50 a.m. Saturday in a buy-bust operation in Barangay (village) Mambugan, the Region 4A police said in a report.
Authorities confiscated from the suspects seven sachets of shabu weighing 30 grams worth an estimated P204,000.
The police likewise busted Harold Perez and King Joseph Domogma in another operation in Barangay San Jose at around 10 p.m. on Friday.
The duo, tagged as street-level drug traffickers, was caught carrying six sachets of shabu worth over P40,000.
In Rodriguez, also in Rizal, authorities arrested Erico Caratay Jr. after he reportedly sold shabu to a poseur buyer in Barangay Burgos at around 11:15 p.m. on Friday.
The suspect, yielded 14 sachets of shabu worth and estimated P53,108.
Meanwhile, drug enforcers in San Pedro City, Laguna nabbed Gilbert Fuertez in a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Antonio on Friday morning.
The suspect reportedly yielded six sachets of shabu with an estimated value of over P81,000.
Batangas City anti-illegal drugs operatives also busted Archie Angelo Cunag on Friday night in Barangay Sta Clara.
Recovered from the suspect were three packs of shabu said to be worth over P49,000.
All suspects were detained and are facing formal complaints for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.