Laguna bust yields shabu worth P387,000

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LUCENA CITY — Police arrested a suspected drug trafficker and his associate in a buy-bust operation early Tuesday, April 30, in San Pedro City, Laguna, and seized more than P387,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth).

The Police Region 4A reported that members of the local drug enforcement unit busted “CJ” and “Myra” at 12:21 a.m. after they sold shabu to an undercover cop in Barangay Nueva.

The law enforcers confiscated from the suspects three plastic sachets containing meth weighing 57 grams with an estimated value of P387,600.

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Authorities are investigating the source of the drugs.

Police tagged CJ as included on the police drug watch list as an “HVI” or high-value individual on the local drug scene while Myra was classified as a street-level drug pusher on the police list.

They were detained and are facing charges of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.