Lovers yield P1.1-M shabu in Quezon drug bust
SARIAYA, Quezon — Operatives on Saturday arrested a couple for selling more than a million pesos worth of illegal drugs during a drug buy-bust operation in Bgy. Pili, this coastal municipality.
Rommel Rejano, 31, and his live-in partner Rose Ann Mendoza, 24, both of Bgy. Dalahican, Lucena City, were caught with shabu, said Quezon police director Col. Ledon Monte.
Monte said both the suspects belong to the “high- value individual” list of the Sariaya Police Station under Lt. Col. Rommel Sobrido.
The couple yielded 13 heat- sealed plastic sachets containing 56 grams of shabu with a street value of P1,142,400.
Police also recovered two P1,000 bills, a sling bag and a cellular phone.
Sobrido said the operation was recorded through the use of recording device.
He said the suspects have been under their tight watch.
