961 drug suspects nabbed, P28.4-M drugs seized in Calabarzon in May

LUCENA CITY – The Philippine National Police in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) region arrested a total of 961 suspected drug traffickers and seized more than P28.4 million worth of crystal meth or shabu last month.

Police Brigadier General Paul Kenneth Lucas, Region 4A police chief, in a report issued on June 1 said anti-illegal drug operatives across the region conducted 749 operations and confiscated a total of 4,054 grams of shabu and 7,737 grams of dried marijuana leaves from May 1 to 31.

The confiscated illegal drugs were worth about P28,495,822, the report said.

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Police also arrested two alleged big-time traffickers in separate drug busts in Dasmariñas City, Cavite on May 16. The local drug enforcers seized more than P12.9 million worth of shabu during the operations.

Also arrested in May were 1,096 wanted felons, and one of them was included in the most wanted list in the country and 92 in the region’s wanted list, Lucas reported.

Last month, policemen in the five provinces nabbed 1,176 illegal gamblers, most of them “bookies” or those engaged in illegal operation of the government’s Small Town Lottery. At least 421 cases have been filed in courts against the suspects.

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The law enforcers also arrested at least 82 people for carrying illegal guns and confiscated around 107 assorted firearms. The authorities filed a total of 61 cases against the suspects.