NAGA CITY — Operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested a woman and seized PHP1.1 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or ‘shabu’ in a buy-bust operation in Daet, Camarines Norte late Friday.
PDEA Provincial Officer Joyian Ceda identified the suspect as Maria Veronica Duero, 35, a resident of Barangay Camambugan in Daet, Camarines Norte.
Ceda said Duero was contacted by a PDEA agent for the sale of 250 grams of shabu and set the location of their transaction at the resort village of Bagasbas.
She said the suspect aboard a tricycle was immediately arrested when she accepted the decoy money from the agent and then confiscated the suspected shabu placed in a plastic.
Duero is now under PDEA custody and is set to face charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehenesive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (PNA)
