3 drug suspects fall  in Albay drug stings

LEGAZPI CITY – Three drug suspects were arrested in separate buy-bust operations in Albay province Sunday afternoon.

Capt. Dexter Panganiban, information officer of the Albay provincial police, said Gian Patricia Nuñez of  Barangay Salvacion in Daraga and Carlo Jay Barela of Barangay Cruzada in this city, both 24 years old, were nabbed at around 4:40 p.m.

Recovered from the duo in Barnagay Sagpon in Daraga  was a heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet of shabu with a street value of P1,500.

Police said Nuñez is a newly identified drug personality while Barela is a drug surrenderer.

In Ligao City, Philip Gadi, 43, of  Barangay Tinago was also arrested with four sachets of shabu in Barangay  Tuburan at around 3:10 p.m.

GSG