‘Newbie’ drug pusher falls in Lucena bust

LUCENA CITY––Police arrested a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in this city on Friday night, a report said on Saturday.

Lt. Col. Reynaldo Reyes, Lucena police chief, reported that anti-illegal drugs operatives collared Christian Magtibay, 25, after selling P500 worth of shabu (crystal meth) to a police agent acting as a drug user in Barangay Ibabang Dupay at 9:57 p.m. on Friday.

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The suspect yielded four sachets of meth worth P76,320 in the street market.

The police tagged Magtibay as a newbie in the illegal drugs trade.

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He was detained while charges of possessing illegal drugs were being prepared.

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