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LUCENA CITY — Four suspected drug traffickers were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday (May 8 and 9) in Cavite, Laguna and Rizal provinces and yielded P816,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) and an illegal firearm, police said.
In a report on Thursday, the Police Region 4A said “Jo” was collared at around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday by anti-narcotics operatives in Imus City, Cavite, after he sold P500 worth of shabu to an undercover police officer in Barangay (village) Carsadang Bago 2.
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The suspect, classified as an “HVI” or high-value individual in the local drug trade, yielded two plastic sachets containing shabu weighing 50 grams with an estimated value of P340,000.
In San Pablo City, Laguna, city drug enforcers arrested “Bebot” in a sting operation in Barangay Del Remedio around 11:50 p.m. also on Tuesday.
Seized from the suspect, also an HVI, were five sachets containing shabu weighing 45 grams and worth P306,000.
Meanwhile, policemen in Taytay arrested four males while allegedly engaged in ‘cara y cruz’ (coin toss), a mode of illegal gambling, in Barangay San Juan at about 1:55 a.m. Thursday.
During the routine frisking, two of the gamblers, identified as “Tangkad” and “Benjie,” were found with two sachets containing shabu weighing a total of 25 grams and worth P170,000.
The cops also seized from Tangkad, an undocumented caliber .38 revolver with three bullets.
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The report tagged Tangkad as an HVI, while Benjie was an identified street-level drug pusher.
Authorities in Cavite, Laguna and Rizal were tracking the source of the illegal drugs.
All suspects are under police custody and will face a formal complaint for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Tangkad will also face another case for illegal possession of a firearm.