P750,000 worth of shabu, gun seized in Lucena City drug bust

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LUCENA CITY — Police anti-narcotics operatives in this city arrested two drug suspects in buy-bust operations on Tuesday night, Nov. 12. They seized more than P750,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) and an illegal firearm.

Lieutenant Colonel Dennis de Guzman, Lucena City police chief, reported on Wednesday that police drug enforcers collared alias “Toks,” 29, and “Inggo,” 37, after they sold P500 worth of shabu to a poseur buyer in Barangay Market View around 6:45 p.m.

The suspects yielded 16 plastic sachets of meth weighing 36.8 grams with a street value of P750,720 at the prevailing price of P20,400 per gram.

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When frisked, the police also found Toks carrying an undocumented caliber .22 pistol loaded with four bullets.

The report tagged Tok as a high-value individual in the drug trade, while Inggo was identified as a street-level pusher on the police watch list.

The suspects were detained and are facing a charge of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Toks will also face another case for illegal possession of a firearm.