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LUCENA CITY — Police arrested two car-riding drug traffickers and seized shabu (crystal meth), an illegal firearm in a buy-bust operation in Laurel town in Batangas province on Friday, Dec. 20.

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The Region 4A police, said in a report Saturday, Dec 21, that anti-illegal drugs operatives arrested “Madam” and “Jaypee” at 6:18 p.m. after they sold P13,000 worth of meth to a poseur buyer in Barangay Molinete.

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Confiscated from the suspect were two plastic sachets containing shabu weighing 10 grams worth about P68,000 as per the valuation of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB).

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Also seized was an undocumented Taurus caliber .9mm revolver loaded with five bullets and a mobile phone which will be examined for records of drug transactions.

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The police also confiscated a car believed to have been used by the suspects in their illegal drug business.

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Police tagged both suspects as identified street-level drug pushers in their localities.

The suspects were detained and are facing charges for allegedly violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and illegal possession of a firearm.

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