P1.3M worth of ‘shabu’ seized in Rizal buy-bust

LUCENA CITY — Police seized on Monday more than P1.3 million worth of “shabu” (crystal meth) from an alleged “high value” trafficker in San Mateo town in Rizal province.

The Region 4A police reported Tuesday that operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Calabarzon and members of the provincial drug enforcement unit arrested a certain “Ramos” after he sold shabu to an undercover policeman at the parking lot of a shopping mall in Barangay Ampid 1 at 2 p.m.

Police confiscated four plastic bags containing shabu weighing 200 grams with an estimated Dangerous Drugs Board value of P1,360,000 from the suspect.

The operatives also seized a mobile phone, which will be examined for records of drug transactions.

Rizal police were investigating the source of shabu peddled by the suspect, an identified high-value individual in the local drug trade.

The suspect was detained and is facing complaints of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.