LUCENA CITY – Police on Saturday arrested one of the top drug pushers in Quezon province in an operation in Sariaya town, police said Sunday. Rhoderick Armamento, Quezon police provincial director, said anti-illegal drug operatives in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) nabbed Melvin Cuevas, tagged as number three on the Quezon police list of top drug pushers. The three suspects yielded six plastic sachets of “shabu” (methamphetamine hydrochloride) weighing 22.7 grams worth P42,000 and a digital weighing scale. Police tagged Albarico as a notorious drug pusher and a major source of shabu in the subdivision and in nearby areas. Police seized eight sachets of shabu weighing 6.51 grams worth P12,000.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 02, 2017 01:07 UTC