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LUCENA CITY — Anti-illegal drug operatives in Quezon province arrested three suspected traffickers in buy-bust operations on Saturday, and seized more than P530,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) and an illegal firearm.
The Quezon police said in a report Sunday that anti-narcotics agents in Mauban town arrested “Mo” and “Onad” at 5 a.m. after they sold P500 worth of shabu to an undercover police officer in Barangay Lual Barrio.
The operatives seized from the suspects eight sealed plastic sachets containing shabu weighing 21 grams valued at about P142,800 based on the Dangerous Drugs Board’s assessment.
At the prevailing street price of P20,400 per gram, the seized illegal drugs are worth about P428,400 to drug user clients, according to the report.
When frisked, the police also found Onad carrying an undocumented caliber .38 revolver loaded with three bullets.
The report tagged both suspects as street-level pushers on the police watch list.
In Tiaong town, police officers nabbed drug pusher “Poling” in a sting operation in Barangay Lusacan at 9:45 p.m.
The suspect, a known drug pusher in the locality, yielded one plastic sachet containing shabu worth P102,000 in the street market.
All suspects are under police custody and will face complaints of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Onad will also face another case for illegal possession of a firearm and violation of the election gun ban.
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