2 suspected drug pushers yield P523,000 shabu in Lucena City bust

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LUCENA CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug trafficker and his associate in a buy-bust operation here early Wednesday, Feb. 28, and seized over P523,00 worth of shabu (crystal meth).

Lucena City police reported that members of the local drug enforcement unit busted “Jeff”, 41, and “Nelson”, 42, at 1:35 a.m. after they allegedly sold shabu to an undercover cop in Barangay (village) Bocohan.

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Authorities confiscated from the suspects two plastics containing meth weighing 25.66 grams with an estimated Dangerous Drugs Board value of P174,488.

The seized shabu is worth P523,464 in the street market at the prevailing price of P20,400 per gram, police said.

Authorities are investigating the source of the drugs.

Police tagged “Jeff” as included on the police drug watch list as an “HVI” or high-value individual on the local drug scene while “Nelson” was classified as a street-level drug pusher on the police list.

They were detained and are facing charges of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.