‘Shabu’ worth P12.9M seized from 2 traffickers in Cavite

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LUCENA CITY — Police anti-illegal drug operatives arrested two suspected big-time traffickers in separate buy-bust operations Thursday in Dasmariñas City, Cavite, and seized more than P12.9 million worth of “shabu” (crystal meth).

A spot report released Friday by the Police Region 4A (PRO-4A) said the operatives held “Nicasio” at 10:40 a.m. after he sold a pack of shabu to an undercover police officer in a transaction in Barangay Sampaloc 4.

The operatives seized from Nicasio eight plastic sachets containing meth weighing 800 grams with an estimated value of P5,440,000 and a tea bag with 1,000 grams of shabu worth P6,800,000.

At 4:08 a.m., the city drug enforcement unit nabbed “Chayan,” 17, in another sting operation in Barangay Paliparan 3.

The suspect yielded two knot-tied plastic bags with shabu weighing 100 grams worth P680,000.

Authorities are investigating the source of the seized drugs from the suspects.

The police said the suspects are on the drug watch list as high-value individuals in the local drug trade.

Both suspects are under police custody and facing charges of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. INQ