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'Pusher' caught with P3.4-M shabu in Naga City

By Mar Serrano

September 24, 2019, 9:09 pm

LEGAZPI CITY -- Anti-narcotics operatives on Tuesday afternoon seized PHP3.4 million worth of suspected shabu from a high-value target in a buy-bust operation in Naga City, a ranking official of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Bicol said.

Christian Frivaldo, PDEA acting regional director, said Jonas December Batucan of Canaman town in Camarines Sur was caught selling shabu to an undercover agent at Spring Valley Resort in Barangay Del Rosario around 2 p.m.

Seized from the suspect were four heat-sealed plastic bags containing suspected shabu weighing a total of 500 grams.

The suspect is now detained at the PDEA custodial facility in Naga City awaiting the filing of charges for drug possession and peddling under Republic Act 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Earlier on Sept. 12, PHP3.4 million worth of shabu was seized from another notorious drug peddler in a drug bust operation also in Naga City. (PNA)

 

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