In Laguna, police anti-narcotic operatives confiscate more than P144,000 worth of “shabu”, a slang for crystal meth, from three alleged drug pushers in San Pedro City on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
LUCENA CITY — Police anti-narcotic operatives seized more than P144,000 worth of “shabu” (crystal meth) from three alleged drug pushers in San Pedro City, Laguna on Friday night.
The Region 4A police said in a report Saturday, Aug. 3, that the law enforcers arrested “Virginia”, “Aljhun’, and “Melky” after selling P1,000 worth of shabu to a poseur-buyer in Barangay (village) Langgam at around 9:20 p.m.
The operatives confiscated from the suspects five plastic sachets of shabu weighing 21.2 grams worth P144,160.
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Police said all suspects are included on the local police drug watch list as “street-level” drug pushers.
The suspects were detained and are facing a complaint of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.