PDEA: More than P30 million ‘shabu’ seized in Negros Occidental city
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MANILA, Philippines — Around five kilograms of suspected crystal meth or shabu have been confiscated from one suspect during a buy-bust operation in Escalante City, Negros Occidental, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said.
In a report on Sunday, PDEA said a composite anti-narcotics team that included the local police carried out the operation on March 4 at Barangay Old Poblacion.
It said government agents arrested a certain Vicente Sepuesca during the anti-drug sting as undercover operatives tried to buy a pack of the illegal drug from the suspect.
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All in all, PDEA said authorities confiscated five packs of shabu, with each weighing around one kilogram, from the suspect. It added that each pack is estimated to have a street value of P6.9 million, thus, all five packs could be worth P34.5 million.
Aside from the illegal substance, PDEA said it also recovered from the suspect the buy-but money amounting to P63,100.
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