P3.6-M shabu seized in Quezon bust | Inquirer News

P3.6-M shabu seized in Quezon bust

Quezon police operatives arrested four alleged drug pushers and seized more than P271,000 worth of shabu during separate anti-illegal drug operations on February 18.

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LUCENA CITY — Police arrested a suspected big-time drug trafficker and seized P3.6 million worth of shabu (crystal meth) in a buy-bust operation on Friday, July 7, in Pagbilao town in Quezon province.

Operatives from the provincial drug enforcement unit, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, and local cops arrested at 4:38 p.m. Samuel Marino, 23, after he sold shabu worth P20,000 to a poseur buyer in Barangay Sta. Catalina, Colonel Ledon Monte, Quezon police chief, reported.

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Authorities confiscated from Marino shabu weighing 180 grams worth about P1,224,000 and a digital weighing scale.

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It is worth P3,627,000 in the street market at the prevailing price of P20,150 per gram, the report said.

Monte said the operatives had been monitoring Marino’s illegal drug activities.

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“With his arrest, we were able to save numerous lives from the danger of illegal drugs,” Monte said.

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The arrest of Marino, a resident of the locality and classified as a “high-value” target in the government’s war against illegal drugs, was expected to drop the supply of shabu to users in the locality and nearby areas, police said.

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The suspect was detained and is facing a charge of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

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