Bulacan, Manila drug busts net P11.5M in meth
Some of the seized drugs during the operations in the City of Meycauayan in Bulacan province. PHOTO FROM PNP BULACAN
CAMP GEN. ALEJO SANTOS, Bulacan — Police here on Monday (March 9) seized 1.7 kilograms of shabu (crystal meth) worth P11.5-million and arrested four people during separate buy-bust operations.
Col. Lawrence Cajipe, acting police provincial director, said the first operation at Pantoc village in the City of Meycauayan yielded 1.5 kg of shabu worth P10. 2 million.
Arrested were Jonard Halili, 25, and Erwin Borrinaga, 18. Halili is on the drug watch list of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
Police also seized a weighing scale and a black Yamaha NMAX motorcycle during the operation.
Two of the suspects’ alleged companions identified as Mirko Francis Berringuel, 21, and Marlon Macarangal, 22, were later arrested in a follow-up operation at Luneta Park in Manila where police seized 200 grams of shabu worth P1.3 million.
