LEGAZPI CITY — Four people were arrested for possession of illegal drugs and a gun in separate operations in the Bicol region on Saturday, May 6.
Bicol police spokesperson Lt. Col. Maria Luisa Calubaquib said in a report that Meljohn Hisarza, 26, a construction worker, was arrested for selling a sachet of “shabu” (crystal meth) in a buy-bust operation in Barangay (village) Cabid-an, West District in Sorsogon City at around 1:20 p.m.
Calubaquib said a total of P1,224 worth of shabu was confiscated from the suspect.
In another operation in Nabua town in Camarines Sur, Jobert Dimaiwat, 31, was arrested at around 4 a.m. in Barangay La Purisima.
About two grams of shabu worth P13,600, a caliber .22 gun with two bullets, and three fired cartridges were recovered from the suspect.
Dimaiwat was tagged by the police as a newly-identified street-level drug peddler.
In Polangui town in Albay, brothers Jerome, 29, and Micheal Angelo Orbita, 34, were also arrested in Barangay Sugcad at around 1:30 p.m.
Calubaquib said that during this operation, a plastic sachet with suspected dried marijuana leaves weighing 40 grams worth P4,800 and a tube pipe were confiscated from the Orbita brothers.
All suspects will be facing charges for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, the police said.
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