Shabu worth P1.9M, 4 guns seized in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas
LUCENA CITY — Police arrested 11 suspects in anti-illegal drugs operations on Tuesday and Wednesday (Jan. 21 and 22) in Cavite, Laguna, and Batangas provinces.
The operations yielded more than P1.9 million worth of shabu (crystal meth) and four illegal firearms, the Region 4A police reported.
The report said anti-illegal drugs operatives in Bacoor City, Cavite held “William” and “Ivan” at 12:10 a.m. Wednesday in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Habay 1.
The suspects yielded three plastic sachets containing shabu weighing 100 grams worth P680,000.
In Imus City also in Cavite, policemen nabbed “Ariel” in another sting operation in Barangay Malagasang 1-G at 9:50 p.m. on Tuesday.
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The suspect was caught in alleged possession of an illegal caliber .38 gun loaded with two bullets and P20,400 worth of meth.
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In Cavite City, members of the local drug enforcement unit arrested “Mark Jayson” in Barangay 14 at 1:57 p.m. on Tuesday.
He was caught carrying an unlicensed caliber .38 gun with four bullets and P1,360 worth of shabu.
In Batangas, police in Talisay town, armed with a search warrant, arrested “Esteban” after they found 50 grams of shabu worth P340,000 inside his house in Barangay Aya.
The lawmen also discovered an undocumented caliber .45 pistol, two magazines, and 12 bullets.
In Laguna, drug enforcers in Famy town busted “Paul” in Barangay Tunhac at 4:20 p.m. on Tuesday.
The operatives seized four plastic sachets containing shabu weighing 100 grams worth P680,000.
The police also confiscated a motorcycle believed to have been used by the suspect in his illegal drug business.
At least five suspects – “Leo,” “Mark David,” “Kent,” “Burt” and “Ëricson” – were arrested by policemen in Pagsanjan town while in a pot session in Barangay Pinagsanjan at 2:20 a.m.
Before the arrest, the group allegedly sold a pack of shabu to a poseur buyer.
The suspects were found in alleged possession of 18 sachets of shabu worth P213,622.
During routine frisking, Leo was also found with an illegal caliber .38 gun with six bullets.
Police tagged William, Ivan, and Paul as among the persons included in the police drug watch list as HVIs or high-value individuals in the local drug trade.
HVI refers to financiers, traffickers, manufacturers, and importers of illegal drugs or leaders/members of drug groups.
The other arrested suspects are street pushers in their respective localities.
All suspects were detained and are facing criminal charges.
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