Drug ops net 7 alleged pushers in Quezon

LUCENA CITY – Two alleged major suppliers of marijuana and crystal meth or “shabu” were busted in Tayabas City and Candelaria town over the weekend, police reported on Monday.

The anti-illegal drugs operatives in Candelaria seized 10.32 grams of shabu from Marianito Arguelles, 59, in a buy-bust in Barangay Mangilag Sur on Sunday afternoon, Quezon police director Senior Supt. Rhoderick Armamento said. The seized shabu was worth P61,920 in the street market.

Police tagged Arguelles, who was previously arrested on drug charges, as one of the major street-level shabu peddlers in the locality.

In Tayabas City, authorities apprehend Estheven Tabernilla, 27, after he was caught selling dried marijuana leaves to an undercover policeman. Police seized eight plastic sachets of the “weed” weighing 19.69 grams with an estimated street price of around P9,845.

Police also arrested five other street-level shabu peddlers in Lucena City, Mauban, Tiaong, and Gumaca town in different operations. /kga