Police nab top drug pusher in Quezon town

Shabu (INQUIRER FILE PHOTO)

LUCENA CITY – Authorities arrested on Saturday a top drug suspect in Quezon province, police said Sunday.

Senior Supt. Rhoderick Armamento, Quezon provincial director, identified the suspect as Jason Flordeliz alias “Jojo”, 42, whom he said was number 3 on the list of most wanted drug traffickers in Candelaria town.

Armamento said a team led by Chief Insp. Hobert Sarmiento, Candelaria deputy chief of police, collared Flordeliz after he sold shabu to an informant in Barangay Malabanban Sur at about 7 p.m.

The arrest was in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, the provincial director added.

Authorities seized “shabu” worth P1,200 from the suspect. CBB/rga