2 of 3 drug pushers nabbed in Quezon are cash aid recipients

LUCENA CITY –– Police arrested three suspected drug pushers, two of them listed as beneficiaries of the government’s emergency cash aid under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP), in a buy-bust operation in Tayabas City early Tuesday.

Colonel Audie Madrideo, Quezon police chief, reported that Jerick Rodil, Adrian Pelobello, and Raffy Cruz were caught after they sold shabu (crystal meth) to an undercover police officer in Barangay Isabang around 12:30 a.m.

Authorities seized three plastic sachets of meth weighing 6.49 grams with estimated Dangerous Drugs Board value of P44,132.

Police also seized a motorcycle without plate number, which is being used by the suspects in their illegal drug trade.

Rodil and Pelobello were reportedly included on the list of SAP beneficiaries designed to help daily wage earners and the poor survive the loss of livelihood during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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