Cops nab elderly drug pusher in Lucena City

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LUCENA CITY — A 65-year-old alleged drug pusher was arrested Monday in this city.

Lieutenant Colonel Dennis de Guzman, Lucena City police chief, said in a report Tuesday, Nov. 5, that an alias “Pagkit” was held by the police drug enforcement unit after he sold P500 worth of shabu (crystal meth) to an undercover cop in Barangay Ibabang Iyam at 6:48 p.m.

The suspect, an identified street-level drug pusher on the police watchlist, yielded three plastic sachets of meth inside an empty cigarette pack. It has a street value of P65,280.

The report described the suspect as “jobless” who turned to drug pushing for a living.

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

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