Police officers seize P183.6 million worth of crystal meth from an abandoned car in Parañaque City on Thursday, February 9. (Southern Police District)
MANILA, Philippines — More than P183 million worth of crystal meth, locally referred to as shabu, were found in an abandoned car in Parañaque City, said the police.
The Southern Police District (SPD) in a report on Thursday said it had retrieved some 27 kilos of crystal meth worth around P183.6 million from a red Toyota Innova along Quirino Avenue corner M. Delos Santos Street in Barangay Tambo.
Barangay tanod (officer) Mark Espinosa first took notice of the abandoned vehicle late Wednesday afternoon. But he only sought police assistance to inspect the car at around 2:00 a.m. on Thursday, according to the SPD.
“Upon initial inspection, the police officers noted that all doors are closed but unlocked. All outside features of the said vehicle were intact. All the windows and windshield are semi tainted but still visible inside, and no sign of contraband was seen inside the vehicle,” it said.
Police said among the things seized from the vehicle were:
- 27 vacuum-sealed packs of the crystal meth
- Two photocopies of a driver’s license belonging to a certain Ma. Teresa Fernandez
- A birth certificate photocopy (Unclear whom it belongs to)
- An identification card and vaccination card belonging to a certain Patani Barauntong
“The whereabouts of the unidentified male who exited the vehicle is still under investigation,” the SPD noted.
The seized illicit drugs, meanwhile, had since been turned over to the SPD’s Forensic Unit.