P1.02M ‘shabu’ seized from tricycle driver in Tuguegarao City

TUGUEGARAO CITY – Police anti-drug operatives seized an estimated P1.02 million worth of suspected “shabu” (crystal meth), weighing about 150 grams, from a tricycle driver during a raid inside an alleged drug den in the city’s poblacion area on Friday.

Police Lt. Col. Garry Matagay, Tuguegarao City police chief, said the 37-year-old female tricycle driver, identified only as “Jean,” was arrested by personnel of the City Drug Enforcement Unit in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).

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Authorities confiscated eight plastic sachets of suspected shabu, an open sachet, two disassembled glass tubes with drug residue, and a tooter containing suspected shabu liquid. Also recovered were non-drug items, including two weighing scales, a pouch, a cellphone box, a plastic container, and a coin purse.

Charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (Republic Act 9165) are being prepared against the suspect, who was placed under police custody./coa