Police anti-narcotics operatives arrested an armed “high-value” target and seized P646,000 worth of shaband an illegal firearm during a buy-bust operation in Lucena City. | dtmallarijrINQ /PDI
Crystal methamphetamine, known in the Philippines as “shabu,” contained in plastic sachets. |
LUCENA CITY – Police anti-narcotics operatives arrested an armed “high-value” target and seized P646,000 worth of shabu and an illegal firearm during a buy-bust operation in this city on Sunday, Jan. 8. In a report on Monday, Col. Ledon Monte, Quezon police chief, said members of the Quezon drug enforcement/intelligence unit and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency operatives nabbed Lemuel Mellomida after he allegedly sold P12,000 worth of shabu to a poseur buyer in Barangay Dalahican at 11:37 p.m.The suspect yielded three more sachets of meth weighing 95 grams and an undocumented .45-caliber pistol with four bullets.
Police said the confiscated shabu had an estimated Dangerous Drugs Board value of P646,000 and was worth P1,938,000 in the street market based on the prevailing price of P20,400 per gram.
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