P768,000 shabu seized, 5 drug peddlers arrested


CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police seized shabu valued at P768,400 and arrested five suspected drug pushers in two buy-bust operations in Cabuyao City, this province, on Friday morning, April 25.

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POLICE caught five suspected drug pushers in buy-bust operations in Cabuyao City, Laguna on April 25. (Photo via Danny Estacio) 

Police Regional Office 4-A chief Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas reported that the first operation was conducted in Barangay Diezmo.

Raymundo, 40, and Ban, 36, listed as high-value and street-level individuals, respectively, were caught and recovered from them were seven plastic sachets of suspected shabu weighing 55 grams worth P374,000, a caliber .45 pistol and bullets, a motorcycle, the boodle money, and drug paraphernalia.

In the second operation, Amy, 41, a high-value individual, and Arlyn, 25, a street-level individual, and Neeka, 27, another street-level individual, were apprehended.  

They yielded four  plastic sachets containing shabu weighing 58 grams with a standard drug price of P394,400, mobile phones, boodle money, and drug paraphernalia.

Lucas cited the Cabuyao police for arresting the suspects who face gun and drug-related cases.

Suspects were detained at the city police station and pieces of evidence were brought to the Regional Forensic Unit 4-A in this camp for laboratory and ballistics examination.