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MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga — Policemen on Sunday arrested a suspected drug peddler tagged as a “high-value individual” who allegedly yielded some P630,500 worth of “shabu” (crystal meth) in Guagua town.
In a statement on Monday, the Police Regional Office 3 identified the suspect as “Jess,” 43, a resident of Floridablanca town, also in this province.
He was arrested in a buy-bust operation at San Pedro village in Guagua at 10:15 p.m.
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Police seized some 93.7 grams of shabu from the suspect.
The Central Luzon police said Jess is one of the 19 suspected drug peddlers arrested in the region on Sept. 29.
It said about P1.5 million worth of shabu and marijuana were confiscated from the suspects on the same day. INQ