Cops arrest 3 suspects detained, seize P6.8-M shabu in Caloocan

Confiscated package of drugs and marked money. (Photo from the Caloocan City Police Station)

MANILA, Philippines — Police officers arrested three suspects and seized P6.8 million worth of crystal meth, or shabu, in a buy-bust operation in Caloocan City on Saturday night.

Col. Dario Menor, chief of the Caloocan City Police Station, identified the suspects as Samsodin Rasid, 23; Johaima Jamael, 29; and Manuel Abella, 25.

Members of the Caloocan Drug Enforcement Unit conducted the bust at a house in Barangay 188, Tala at 7:45 p.m.

They immediately arrested the suspects after they sold over P90,000 worth of shabu to an undercover officer.

The officers recovered the marked money used for buying the meth and  1 kilogram of shabu with an estimated value of P6.8 million and a digital weighing scale.

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