Shabu worth more than P2M seized from alleged pusher in Camarines Norte

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NAGA CITY — Police confiscated more than P2 million worth of suspected shabu (crystal meth) from a 38-year-old man  arrested in a buy-bust operation on Monday in Daet town in Camarines Norte.

Daet police said in a report Tuesday, March 4, that “Toto,” a resident of Paracale town, also in Camarines Norte, was arrested after he sold a sachet of shabu to a poseur buyer at the Central Plaza Complex in Barangay Lag-on at 9:47 p.m.

Police Lieutenant Colonel Errol Garchitorena Jr., Daet police chief, said in a statement that the drugs seized from the suspect weighed 300 grams, amounting to P2.04 million on the street market.

The suspect is being held at Daet police station for further documentation and disposition.

He will face a charge of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.