PDEA seizes P69M shabu in Northern Samar | Inquirer News

PDEA seizes P69M shabu in Northern Samar

/ 04:22 PM February 01, 2023

The province of Northern Samar was placed under a state of calamity on Monday, Jan. 16, due to the damage it sustained from the heavy rains spawned by a trough of a low pressure area (LPA).

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TACLOBAN CITY — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and local police in Eastern Visayas on Monday seized 10.4 kilograms of shabu (methamphetamine) worth P69 million from a man passing through Northern Samar.

Mangayao Lapan Mitomara, 40, of Dasmariñas Cavite,  did not resist arrest.

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Rogelette Urgel, PDEA regional information officer, said Mitumara was on his way to Marawi from Luzon, when his vehicle was intercepted at about 2:45 p.m. Monday in a checkpoint in Barangay Jubasan, Allen town in Northern Samar.

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A report from the regional headquarters in Palo, Leyte showed that the police at the checkpoint stopped Mitumara’s vehicle and found that he was not wearing a seatbelt.

During further questioning, Mitumara confessed that his car was loaded with prohibited drugs.

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The police then inspected the vehicle and found illegal drugs inside the trunk.

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Urgel said Mitomara would be charged with violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

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“This is one of the biggest seizures of prohibited drugs in the region. We received a tip about this from our informants, and immediately conducted the operation with the help of PNP and Coast Guard,” Urgel said.

The suspect was temporarily detained in a lockup facility at Allen Municipal Police station.

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With a report from Niña Cuasay, INQUIRER.net trainee

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