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LUCENA CITY — Two suspected big-time drug traffickers were arrested on Saturday and Sunday, January 4 and 5, in buy-bust operations in Laguna and Batangas provinces.

The suspects yielded more than P760,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) and marijuana and an illegal firearm, the Police Region 4A reported.

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Police said anti-illegal drugs operatives in Cabuyao City, Laguna collared “Mark” at 12:43 a.m. Sunday after he sold a pack of marijuana to a poseur buyer in Barangay (village) Uno.

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Seized from the suspect were 12 bags and tape-wrapped papers containing dried marijuana leaves weighing two kilos worth P320,000.

The operatives also confiscated a motorcycle believed to have been used by the suspect in his distribution of illegal drugs.

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In Tanauan City, Batangas, policemen nabbed alleged shabu peddler “Raymundo” in a sting operation at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday in Barangay Poblacion 1.

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The suspect was caught with 14 plastic sachets of meth weighing 65 grams worth P442,000, a digital weighing scale, and an undocumented caliber .380 pistol loaded with seven bullets.

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Authorities also confiscated the suspect’s car believed to have been used in the illegal drug trade.

The police classified the suspects as high-value individuals (HVI) in the local drug trade.

Authorities have since last month unveiled a raft of measures to kickstart sluggish consumption and address a prolonged and debilitating debt crisis in the country’s colossal property sector.

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HVI refers to financiers, traffickers, manufacturers, and importers of illegal drugs or leaders/members of drug groups.

The suspects are in police custody and will be charged with violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

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Raymundo will also face additional charges for illegal possession of a firearm.melbet

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