QUEZON City Police operatives seized 25.5 kilos of suspected shabu worth P173.4 million from a suspected drug dealer arrested in the city yesterday morning.
The suspect, identified as Rodgene Umali, 36, was nabbed at around 6:30 a.m. along Rosevelt Ave. in Barangay San Antonio shortly after handing shabu to a poseur buyer.
The buy-bust operation was led by personnel of the QCPD District Drug Enforcement Unit, in coordination with other police units.
Policemen seized from Umali 25 tea bags containing 25.5 kilos of shabu, the buy-bust money, a cell phone, and a Nissan vehicle.
“(The) suspect is now under police custody for proper disposition, pending the filing of appropriate charges against him,” the QCPD said in a report.
Meanwhile, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and PNP operatives arrested four suspected drug dealers and dismantled a drug den in Orani town in Bataan last Tuesday night.
The suspects were identified as Joyce Karen Ramirez, 24; Jordan Jamandre Ambrocio, 28; Ramil Ventura Bautista, 53; and Enrico Gatdula Santos, 54, all residents of Bataan.
They were nabbed during an entrapment operation in Barangay Pantalan Luma in Orani. The suspects yielded 13 grams of suspected shabu worth P88,400.
PDEA said the operation also led to the “discovery and dismantling” of a drug den in the area.