LUCENA CITY — Police seized greater than P3.3 million price of “shabu” (crystal meth) from two alleged big-time drug traffickers in a buy-bust operation on this metropolis.
Quezon police chief Colonel Ledon Monte reported Saturday that operatives from the provincial drug enforcement unit nabbed “Mohamad”, 48, and “Babylyn”, 25, at 5:43 p.m. on June 14 after promoting shabu price P10,000 to an operative in Barangay (village) Bocohan.
Cops confiscated from the suspects a complete of 5 sachets of meth weighing 165 grams with an estimated worth of P1,122,000 based mostly on info from the Harmful Medicine Board and a digital weighing scale.
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The seized shabu is price P3,366,000 on the street market on the prevailing value of P20,400 per gram, in accordance with the police.
The police additionally seized a automotive believed to have been utilized by the suspects of their unlawful drug enterprise.
Authorities are investigating the supply of the medication peddled by the suspects who’re each residents of Malvar city in Batangas province.
The suspects have been detained and can face costs for violating the Complete Harmful Medicine Act of 2002.