Drug dealers fall in Bicol

By Mar Serrano / Philippine News Agency

LEGAZPI CITY – Two alleged drug dealers were nabbed with over P50,000 worth of suspected shabu by anti-narcotics operatives in separate drug stings in Camarines Sur and Albay provinces on Friday (Sept. 17).

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 (Sept. 18).

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 P47,600 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. (PNA) – bny

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