P205,000 shabu seized from 3 drug suspects in Rizal town

LUCENA CITY — Police seized on Monday more than P205,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) from three alleged drug traffickers in Rodriguez town in Rizal province. In a report on May 16, the Region 4A police said cops and anti-illegal drugs unit members collared around 2:30 p.m. Angelito Purificacion after he sold P500 worth of shabu to a poseur buyer in Barangay Geronimo. Authorities confiscated from Purificacion 10 sachets of shabu weighing 25 grams and a mobile phone containing a list of his supposed drug transactions. The seized illegal drugs were worth about P170,000. Five hours later, the same police team nabbed at 7:10 p.m. Jericho Destrajo and Jester Reyes in another buy-bust operation in the same village. The suspects yielded seven sachets of shabu worth about P35,360. The report tagged Purificacion and Destrajo as included on the police drug watch list as a high-value individual while Reyes was classified as a street-level pusher. The suspects were detained and are facing a formal complaint of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. RELATED STORIES Cops nab 2 drug pushers in Antipolo City | Inquirer News Cops seize P325,000 shabu in Rizal, Quezon drug busts

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