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LUCENA CITY — Police anti-narcotics operatives arrested an alleged street drug pusher, and seized P408,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) in a buy-bust operation early Maundy Thursday, April 17, in this city.
Lieutenant Colonel Dennis de Guzman, Lucena City police chief, reported that the operatives led by Captain Benito Nevera, head of the local drug enforcement unit, held “Matar,” 44, after he sold P500 worth of shabu to a poseur buyer in Barangay Cotta at 12:28 a.m.
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The suspect yielded six plastic sachets containing suspected meth weighing 20 grams with a street value of P408,000 at the prevailing price of P20,400 per gram, the police said.
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The Lucena police are still investigating the source of the illegal drugs.
The report tagged Matar as a street-level pusher on the police watch list.
The suspect was detained and is facing a charge of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
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