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LUCENA CITY – An 18-year-old drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation on Wednesday night in Balayan town in Batangas province, the police said.
Anti-illegal drugs operatives collared at 11:47 p.m. Vhic Janxent Rique after he sold P500 worth of shabu (crystal meth) to an undercover cop in Barangay Caloocan, the Batangas police said in a report.
The suspect, who also works as a construction worker, yielded two sachets of meth.
The volume and street value of the confiscated illegal drugs were not specified in the report.
The suspect is under police custody and will face a complaint of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
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