50 grams of shabu found from nail technician nabbed in Batangas drug bust


BATANGAS CITY – A 50-year-old nail technician was apprehended after yielding P340,000 worth of shabu to a police poseur-buyer during a buy-bust operation on Wednesday, May 24, in this city.

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POLICE conduct an inventory of the confiscated shabu weighing 50 grams from drug suspect Jennifer Lopez during a buy-bust operation in Batangas City on May 24, 2023. (Photo by Batangas PPO-PIO via Danny Estacio)

Newly installed Batangas police director Police Col. Reinerio de Chavez, in his report to Police Regional Office-4-A director Police Brig. Gen. Carlito Gaces, identified the suspect as Jennifer Lopez, married and a resident of Taysan, Batangas.

She was arrested at 12:40 a.m. by the joint team of the Batangas Drug Enforcement Unit, Santo Tomas City police, and Batangas City police during the operation.

Police seized 50 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated street value of P340,000, a mobile phone, and buy-bust money.