LUCENA CITY — Police arrested two notorious drug pushers in buy-bust operations here on Saturday.
Lieutenant Colonel Romulo Albacea, Lucena City police chief, identified the suspects as Simplicio Tia Jr., 52, and Maria Cecilia De Guzman, 37.
Anti-narcotics agents collared Tia after he sold shabu or crystal meth to an undercover police officer in a transaction in Barangay 9 at around 9:10 a.m.
Authorities seized four sachets of shabu worth an estimated P11,000.
De Guzman was nabbed in another buy-bust operation in Barangay Ibabang Iyam at around 7:30 a.m.
The suspect yielded five sachets with shabu worth an estimated P19,000.
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