P8M shabu seized from 'high-value' target in Lucena City | Inquirer News

P8M shabu seized from ‘high-value’ target in Lucena City

Five alleged drug traders, including a husband and wife, were arrested in buy-bust operations in Lucena City.

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LUCENA CITY — Police arrested a “high-value” target and seized more than P8 million worth of shabu (crystal meth) in a buy-bust operation early Wednesday in this city.

Colonel Ledon Monte, Quezon police chief, reported that anti-illegal drugs operatives arrested at 1:56 a.m. Alibsar Macasari, 37, after he sold shabu worth P60,000 to a poseur buyer in Barangay Ibabang Dupay.

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Authorities confiscated from the suspect four plastic sachets and three knot-tied plastic containing 400 grams of meth with an estimated Dangerous Drugs Board value of P2,720,000.

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It is worth P8,160,000 in the street market at P20,400 per gram, the report said.

Authorities also seized a mobile phone, which will be subjected to digital forensic examinations if they have records of drug transactions.

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The police are conducting further investigation to determine the source of the illegal drugs.

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Police tagged the suspect, a resident of General Mariano Alvarez town in Cavite province, as a “high-value individual” in the drug trade.

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

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3 alleged drug traffickers busted in Lucena City; P452,000 ‘shabu’ seized

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