P2.3M shabu, 2 guns seized from 8 traffickers in Cavite, Rizal
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LUCENA CITY — At least eight suspected drug traffickers were arrested on Wednesday and Thursday (April 9 and 10), in buy-bust operations in Cavite and Rizal provinces and yielded over P2.3 million worth of shabu (crystal meth) and two illegal firearms, the police said.
Brigadier General Paul Kenneth Lucas, Police Regional Office-4A (PRO-4A) director, said in a report that drug enforcers in Cardona, Rizal held two pushers identified as “Niño” and “Arman” at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday in Barangay Iglesia after they sold shabu to an undercover police officer.
Seized from the suspects were three sealed plastic sachets containing suspected shabu weighing 178.29 grams worth P1,212,000 and a .45 pistol loaded with four bullets.
The operatives also confiscated a car and motorcycle believed to have been used by the suspects in their illegal drug business.
Both suspects are classified as high-value individuals (HVI) in the illegal drug trade. HVI refers to financiers, traffickers, manufacturers, importers, or leaders/members of drug groups.
Lucas also reported the arrest of alleged drug pusher “Marcelino” in another sting operation around 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday in Barangay San Nicolas 3 in Bacoor City, Cavite.
The suspect, also an HVI, was caught in alleged possession of three sachets containing suspected meth weighing 100 grams and worth P680,000.
“Even though it’s vacation season, our police force here at PRO-4A will not stop conducting operations against illegal drugs. We will continue to carry out our mandate to ensure that our communities are safe from all forms of criminality,” Lucas said in Filipino.
The PRO-4A public information office said in a separate report that a team of anti-narcotic agents in Binangonan, Rizal, nabbed “Renato” and “Benedict” in a drug bust operation at 8:23 p.m. in Barangay Darangan.
The suspects were in alleged possession of suspected shabu weighing 53.74 grams valued at P365,432.
Authorities also seized a motorcycle and a mobile phone that they will check for possible records of drug transactions.
The report tagged Renato as an HVI and Benedict as a street drug pusher on the police watch list.
At 1:30 a.m. Thursday, the same police team arrested “Lorna,” “John,” and “Danilo” in Barangay Pantok.
The suspects, all street pushers, were found in alleged possession of suspected shabu worth P106,352.
The cops also confiscated a 12-gauge shotgun with one bullet and a mobile phone from the suspects.
All suspects are under police custody and will face a formal complaint for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and other corresponding criminal charges.
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