Two alleged drug dealers were nabbed with over PHP50,000 worth of suspected shabu by anti-narcotics operatives in separate drug stings in Camarines Sur and Albay provinces on Friday.
The drug operation yielded a total of three plastic sachets containing about eight grams of shabu, Maj. Maria Luisa Calubaquib, the Bicol police spokesperson, said in a statement on Saturday.
In Baao, Camarines Sur, authorities caught high-value target Zosimo Bricia, 63, of Barangay Del Rosario, while selling shabu to an undercover agent at around 4:34 p.m.
Two sachets of shabu worth PHP47,600 were seized from the suspect.
In Legazpi City, Albay, Mary Grace Talion Barcelon, 43, of Barangay San Roque, was caught selling shabu during a drug operation in Barangay Baybay at around 9:30 p.m.
Seized from the suspect was a sachet containing shabu worth PHP3,500.
Source: Philippines News Agency