LUCENA CITY — A drug convict was arrested again in a buy-bust operation in this city on Saturday, Oct. 17, according to the local police.
Lt. Col. Ryan Hernandez, Lucena City police chief, said a member of the city police drug enforcement unit, acting as a drug user, arrested the 44-year-old suspect on Saturday morning after she allegedly sold him P500 worth of meth in Barangay Ibabang Dupay.
In a report, Hernandez said the suspect was caught allegedly possessing three heat-sealed plastic sachets of meth with a street value of P257,040.
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The report tagged the suspect as a street-level individual on the drug watchlist.
Police said the suspect was previously convicted on drug charges in 2023 but was released through a plea bargaining agreement.
The suspect is now back in jail and facing charges of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. /mcm
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