Farmer yields P6.8M shabu in Pampanga

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ANGELES CITY — Police on Saturday arrested a farmer and confiscated some P6.8 million worth of shabu (crystal meth) from him in a buy-bust operation in Arayat town in Pampanga province.

In a statement on Sunday, April 6, the Pampanga police said lawmen arrested the 48-year-old farmer after he sold P5,000 worth of shabu to an undercover operative at Mapalad village around 2:50 p.m.

It said the arrested person is classified as a “high-value” individual in the government’s campaign against illegal drugs.

The Pampanga police said Arayat policemen and operatives from the provincial intelligence unit jointly conducted the sting operation.

“Confiscated from the suspect was about one kilogram of suspected shabu, valued at P 6,800,000 and P 5,000 in marked buy-bust money,” it said.

The suspect is facing charges of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

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