Suspected QC ‘drug queen’ busted

Recovered from her possession were 11 pieces of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing white crystalline substance suspected to be methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu. The seized drug weighing more or less 55 grams have a street value of P374,000. #PDEAdrugbust #KatrinaMoreno

The suspected drug trafficker, Katrina Moreno y Cabanes (2nd from left) with PDEA agents. (PDEA)

Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office-National Capital Region (RO-NCR) arrested a suspected drug pusher in Baesa, Quezon City on Monday evening, 7 October 2019.

The arrested suspect was identified as Katrina Moreno y Cabanes, 33 years old, unemployed and a resident of Bagbagin, Valenzuela City according to Director Joel B Plaza, Regional Director of PDEA RO-NCR.

Moreno was arrested around 7 p.m. along Quirino Highway after transacting with a PDEA agent posing as buyer.

Recovered from her possession were 11 pieces of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing white crystalline substance suspected to be methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu. The seized drug weighing more or less 55 grams have a street value of P374,000.

Also seized from the suspect were a wallet and the buy-bust money.

A criminal case for violation of Sec. 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs) of the Article II of R.A. 9165 were being prepared for filing against the arrested suspect.