Shabu worth over P1.5M, 2 grams seized in Rizal

Shabu worth over P1.5M, 2 guns seized in Rizal drug busts

Shabu worth over P1.5M, 2 guns seized in Rizal drug busts

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LUCENA CITY — Anti-narcotics operatives of Rizal police on Tuesday arrested six drug traffickers and seized more than P1.5 million worth of shabu (crystal meth) and two illegal firearms in separate operations.

The Region 4A police, in a report Wednesday, Jan. 29, said a team of operatives in Antipolo City held “Ryan” and “John” around 9:55 p.m. in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mayamot.

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Seized from the suspects were eight plastic sachets containing shabu weighing 180 grams worth about P1,224,000 as per the valuation of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB).

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Also confiscated was an undocumented caliber .40 pistol loaded with five bullets.

Police tagged Ryan and John as among the persons included in the police drug watch list as HVIs or high-value individuals in the local drug trade.

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HVI refers to financiers, traffickers, manufacturers, and importers of illegal drugs or leaders/members of drug groups.

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In Taytay town, police officers arrested “Al,” “Ronaldo,” “Mark,” and “Benjamin” in a sting operation in Barangay San Juan around 10:50 p.m.

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The operation yielded six sachets of meth weighing 53 grams with a DDB value of P360,400.

During routine frisking, the cops found Benjamin in alleged possession of an illegal caliber .45 pistol loaded with five bullets.

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Police identified Al as an HVI while the rest of the arrested suspects are classified as street-level drug pushers in the locality.

Rizal police are conducting further investigation to determine the source of the seized shabu.

The suspects were detained and are facing charges for allegedly violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, violation of firearm laws, and the. election gun ban.

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