`High-value’ trafficker with P1.4M in shabu busted in Calamba City
LUCENA CITY – Police anti-narcotics operatives seized P1,451,121 worth of shabu (crystal meth) from an alleged “high-value” drug trafficker in Calamba City, Laguna on Tuesday.
A 38-year-old man was detained for selling P500 worth of shabu to an undercover police officer in Barangay Pansol at 6:15 p.m., said Lt. Col. Dennis de Guzman, Calamba City police chief, in a report.
The drug enforcers confiscated from the suspect eight heat-sealed plastic sachets and one transparent plastic containing suspected shabu weighing a total of 213.4 grams.
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READ: Active cop arrested in Pangasinan drug raid; P5.5M ‘shabu’ seizedBased on the Dangerous Drugs Board’s standard valuation of P6,800 per gram, the seized substance was estimated to be worth P1,451,120.
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Police classified the drug suspect as among the persons on the police drug watch list as an HVI or high-value individual in the drug trade.
HVI refers to financiers, traffickers, manufacturers, and importers of illegal drugs./coa
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