Shabu worth P4.7M, 4 ‘high-value’ targets busted in Cavite
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LUCENA CITY — Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents and policemen on Saturday, April 12, arrested four alleged big-time traffickers and seized shabu (crystal meth) worth about P4.7 million in a buy-bust operation in Bacoor City, Cavite.
PDEA–Region 4A said in a report that their agents and Cavite Maritime Police operatives nabbed “Kumar,” 34, and his three female associates, “Samiha,” 33; “Aisah,” 21; and “Alaisah,” 19, after they sold shabu to a poseur buyer in an open parking lot of an unnamed building in Barangay Molino IV around 4:30 p.m.
The suspects, residents of Pasay and Caloocan cities, yielded 700 grams of suspected shabu valued at about P4,700,000, based on the Dangerous Drugs Board’s assessment.
PDEA was investigating further to determine the source of the illegal drugs.
The report identified the arrested suspects as high-value individuals (HVI) in the illegal drug trade. HVI refers to financiers, traffickers, manufacturers, and importers of illicit drugs, as well as leaders or members of drug syndicates.
The suspects were detained at the PDEA-Region 4A custodial facility in Santa Rosa City, Laguna, and will face a formal complaint of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
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