2 'high-value' drug traffickers yield P3.9M shabu in Lucena City | Inquirer News

2 ‘high-value’ drug traffickers yield P3.9M shabu in Lucena City

Five alleged drug traders, including a husband and wife, were arrested in buy-bust operations in Lucena City.

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LUCENA CITY — Anti-illegal drug operatives in this city seized more than P3.9 million worth of shabu (crystal meth) from two “high-value” drug traffickers in a buy-bust operation on Tuesday, Aug. 15.

Lieutenant Colonel Ruben Ballera Jr., Lucena police chief, in a report Wednesday, Aug. 16, said Angelo Tongo, 25, and Judel Gutlay, 33, were nabbed at 6:54 p.m. after they sold P30,000 worth of shabu to an undercover cop in Barangay Ibabang Iyam.

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Authorities confiscated from the suspects 13 plastic sachets of meth weighing a total of 196 grams with an estimated Dangerous Drugs Board value of P1,332,800.

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The seized meth is worth P3,998,400 in the street market at P20,400 per gram, the report said.

The police also confiscated a motorcycle believed to have been used by the suspects in their illegal drug trade.

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Authorities are investigating the source of the drugs.

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Police said both suspects were on the police drug watch list as high-value individuals in the local drug trade.

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On Aug. 9, anti-narcotics operatives in this city also busted Alibsar Macasari, a big-time drug trafficker in a sting operation

The suspect, who is based in Cavite province, yielded P8,160,000 worth of shabu in the street market.

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All suspects are detained and facing charges of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

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