Cavite drug bust: P2M worth of shabu, ecstasy seized from 3 suspects

Anti-narcotics operatives on Thursday seized more than P2 million worth of ecstasy tablets and “shabu” (crystal meth) from three “high-value” drug traffickers in Dasmarinas City, Cavite.

LUCENA CITY — Anti-narcotics operatives on Thursday seized more than P2 million worth of ecstasy tablets and “shabu” (crystal meth) from three “high-value” drug traffickers in Dasmarinas City, Cavite.

The Region 4A police reported Friday that combined operatives from the Regional Enforcement Special Team, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents, and local drug enforcers arrested “Lenard,” “Abegail,” and “Claire” in a buy-bust operation along Molino-Paliparan road in Barangay Paliparan 2 around 10:50 a.m.

One of their associates identified as “Jomel” eluded arrest.

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The three arrested suspects yielded eight resealable plastics containing 800 ecstasy tablets worth P1,360,000.

The operatives also found the suspects in alleged possession of one knot-tied plastic containing shabu weighing 100 grams and worth about P680,000 in the Dangerous Drugs Board valuation.

Authorities also seized one mobile phone, which will be examined for records of drug transactions.

The suspects were tagged as “high-value individuals” on the police drug watch list.

Investigators were still determining the source of the illegal drugs.

The suspects were detained and are facing complaints for violating the country’s anti-drug laws. INQ