P12-M worth of shabu seized from two women

At least P12 million worth of suspected shabu (crystal meth) was seized from a female college student and another woman in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City early on Thursday.

Mheacy Empasis, 23 and an Education student, and Trinidad Lumactud, 46, were arrested after two months of surveillance in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City.

At least 1,075 grams of shabu worth P12.6 million were seized from the suspects, said Chief Insp. Christopher Navida, head of the City Intelligence Branch.

He described Empasis as a level two drug pusher who could dispose 200 to 500 grams of illegal drug per week.

dThe student, he added, had links to an inmate in Cebu City jail and was working with Lumactud.

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