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LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Philippines — Police arrested on Thursday four suspected big-time drug traffickers and seized P2.8 million worth of “shabu” (crystal meth) and marijuana in Dasmariñas City, Cavite province.
In a report on Friday, the Calabarzon Police Regional Police (PRO-4A which covers Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) said anti-narcotics operatives nabbed suspects identified only as Alberto, Mariede, and Calix in a buy-bust operation around 2:30 p.m. at the parking lot of a fast food chain in Barangay Paliparan 3.
The suspects, who were tagged in the report as high-value targets in the government’s drug war, yielded two knot-tied plastic bags containing 200 grams of meth worth P1,360,000 and a digital weighing scale.
Also found in the suspects’ possession were seven bricks of marijuana weighing 7,000 grams worth P840,000.
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Authorities also seized a mobile phone, which will be examined for records of drug transactions, and a motorcycle believed to have been used by the suspects in their illegal drug trade.
The law enforcers also arrested a certain Bryan in another sting operation around 8 pm. in Barangay Zone 4.
Police recovered 100 grams of shabu worth P680,000 from the suspect, also classified as a high-value individual in the local drug trade.
Police were tracking the source of shabu and illegal hemp being peddled by the suspects.
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The suspects were detained at the local police jail and will face a complaint of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.