3 ex-drug convicts arrested in Lucena buy-busts on All Saints’ Day

LUCENA CITY — Three ex-drug convicts were arrested in separate anti-narcotics operations in Lucena City on Sunday, Nov. 1, during the observance of All Saints’ Day, police said.

Two of the suspects were arrested at 2:25 p.m. after they allegedly sold shabu (crystal meth) to an undercover police officer in Barangay Ibabang Iyam, according to Lucena City police director Lt. Col. Ryan Hernandez in a report on Nov. 2.

Authorities seized three heat-sealed plastic sachets of suspected shabu worth P73,440 from the suspects.

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Police records showed that both men had previously been arrested on drug charges. One was arrested in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2024, while the other was arrested in 2016 and 2022.

Police said the two were later released, one through a plea bargain and the other following an acquittal.

At around 7:30 p.m., anti-narcotics operatives arrested a woman in a separate buy-bust operation in Barangay Dalahican. She was allegedly caught possessing three heat-sealed sachets of suspected shabu with a street value of P57,120.

Police said the woman had previously been arrested on drug charges in 2023 but was acquitted in 2024.

The three suspects are now back in jail and facing charges for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. /mcm