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P400-K shabu seized from 4 suspects in Legazpi City

By Mar Serrano

May 30, 2019, 7:36 pm

LEGAZPI CITY -- Anti-narcotics operatives on Thursday seized 60 grams of suspected shabu worth PHP408,000 from four alleged drug pushers during an operation in a coastal village in this city, according to a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) report. 

Arrested were Jing Balaguer, 52; her brother Levis, 27; Dennis Nunez, 26; and Nixon Aguilar, 47, all residents of Barangay San Roque this city, said Cotton Talento, PDEA Bicol spokesperson.

The suspects earlier agreed to sell shabu to an undercover PDEA agent at 10:45 a.m. in the said village.

Seized during the drug buy-bust operation was a plastic bag containing 50 grams of crystalline substance believed to be shabu and a medium heat-sealed plastic sachet containing another 10 grams, also suspected shabu.

PDEA considers Barangay San Roque as an illegal drug hotspot village. (PNA)

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