Suspected drug pusher nabbed in Lucena buy-bust

LUCENA CITY—Police arrested a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Lucena City early Wednesday, police said.

Senior Superintendent Rhoderick Armamento, Quezon police chief, said anti-illegal drug operatives arrested Reygan Padilla, 31, after he sold a plastic sachet of “shabu” (methamphetamine hydrochloride) to an undercover policeman in an operation in Barangay (village) 10 around 7 a.m.

Authorities seized eight sachets of “shabu” weighing five grams worth P9,250 in the street market. The suspect is detained at the city police jail.#