Shabu, firearms seized in Quezon raid
Police arrest drug suspect during search in San Antonio
ANTI-NARCOTICS operatives confiscate suspected shabu and firearms from a high-value target in Dulag, Leyte on 24 December 2025.
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SAN ANTONIO, Quezon — Police arrested a suspected drug personality and seized suspected shabu and two firearms during a search operation in Barangay San Jose here on Saturday morning, 24 October.
The San Antonio Municipal Police Station identified the suspect by the alias “Dinese,” whom police classified as a high-value individual.
According to the police report, officers began implementing a search warrant at about 7:05 a.m. The warrant, issued by Lucena City Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Agripino R. Bravo on 19 October, covered an alleged violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
The search yielded three sachets containing a combined estimated 2.6 grams of suspected shabu, with a police-estimated value of ₱17,680.
Officers also recovered a caliber .38 revolver with a defaced serial number, two live rounds of caliber .38 ammunition, an improvised 12-gauge shotgun and four shotgun shells.
Two sling bags were also listed among the seized items.
Police said the inventory and photographing of the seized evidence were conducted in the presence of the suspect, a barangay councilor and a media representative. Alternative recording devices were used during the operation.
The suspect was brought to the San Antonio Municipal Police Station.
Police said complaints for alleged violations of Republic Act 9165 and Republic Act 10591, or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act, would be filed against him.