LUCENA CITY—Police arrested 172 suspected law violators in three days of synchronized operations in Quezon province, a report said Tuesday.
Col. Joel Villanueva, Quezon police chief, said at least 56 drug suspects were arrested during the “simultaneous anti-criminality and law enforcement operation (SACLEO)” from July 9 to 11.
Sacleo replaced the police “one-time, big-time operation,” an all-out war against all local forms of criminalities in a given period.
Authorities seized 45.61 grams of shabu (crystal meth) and three grams of dried marijuana leaves. The confiscated illegal drugs have an estimated Dangerous Drugs Board value of P310,500.
Police teams also caught another…
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