Guns, shabu worth P119,000 seized in Rizal, Batangas
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LUCENA CITY — Police arrested six suspects on Wednesday, June 4, and seized more than P119,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) and two illegal firearms in separate buy-bust operations in Rizal and Batangas provinces.
The Region 4A police reported that anti-illegal drugs operatives in Tanay, Rizal arrested “Dante Paul,” “Edmond,” “Mark Jestoni,” and “Benjamin” at 3 a.m. after they sold P1,000 worth of meth to a poseur buyer in Barangay Kay-Buto.
The operatives seized from the suspects five sealed plastic sachets containing suspected shabu weighing 17 grams valued at P117,900 and an undocumented caliber .38 revolver with three bullets.
In Nasugbu, Batangas, local police drug enforcement unit nabbed “Wilfredo” and “Ruel” in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Wawa at 12:40 a.m.
The suspects yielded five sachets of suspected meth worth P2,040 and an illegal caliber .357 revolver with three bullets.
Both suspects are on the police watch list as street pushers in the locality.
Authorities also seized two mobile phones in the operations, which they will check for possible records of drug transactions.
They would also subject the confiscated firearms to ballistic and cross-matching examinations to determine if these were used in past crime incidents.
All suspects are under police custody and will face charges of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and other corresponding criminal charges./lzb
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