P711,000 shabu seized from alleged drug trafficker on Quezon island

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LUCENA CITY — Police anti-narcotics agents seized on Wednesday, Oct. 16, more than P711,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) from an alleged drug trafficker in the island town of Polillo in Quezon province.

Colonel Ruben Lacuesta, Quezon police chief, reported that at 4:10 p.m., anti-illegal drugs operatives raided the residence of 33-year-old Jose Camarador, Jr. in Barangay Poblacion.

The raiders, armed with a search warrant issued by Judge Rodolfo Quitolbo Jr. of the Regional Trial Court in Infanta town, found eight plastic sachets containing 34.9 grams of shabu. The estimated Dangerous Drugs Board value of the seized shabu is P237,320.

The seized meth is worth P711,960 in the street market at the prevailing price of P20,400 per gram, the report said.

Quezon police are investigating the source of shabu peddled by the suspect.

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

The municipality, along with Burdeos and Panukulan towns, is located on Polillo Island, facing the Pacific Ocean in the northern part of Quezon.