2 high-value drug suspects arrested in Makati


The Makati City Police arrested two high-value drug suspects in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Guadalupe Viejo in Makati City on Thursday, Feb. 2.

Police identified the suspects as Lory Gamboa, 45; and Melvin Pablo, 34.

Gamboa and Pablo were arrested in a buy-bust operation led by the Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) of Makati City Police's Substation 6 on Progreso Street in Barangay Guadalupe Viejo.

The authorities recovered from the suspects a total of P367,200 worth of shabu and the buy-bust money.

Gamboa and Pablo are now detained at the Makati City Police Station where formal complaints for violation of Republic Act 9165 are being prepared for filing against them.