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VIRAC, Catanduanes — Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recovered an estimated P350,000 worth of suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) from four Catanduanes-bound suspects at the port of Tabaco City in Albay province on Tuesday.
In a report, Investigation Agent Arlene Galiza, provincial officer of PDEA Catanduanes, said suspects Michael Angelo Capistrano, 30, and Domingo Casaul Capistrano Jr., 50, who were both from Metro Manila; Dante Subion, 35, and John Spencer Avila, 26, both residents of Bislig village in San Andres town, Catanduanes were arrested at the port.
The suspects were caught during a seaport interdiction operation conducted by PDEA and PCG at the Tabaco port at around 1 p.m.
Seized from the suspects were 52 heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets of suspected shabu weighing 50 grams.
It was not stated in the report how the two Capistranos were related to each other and where the drugs came from.
An ongoing inventory of the items confiscated from the suspects is being conducted by authorities . JONA MAE CAMACHO, CONTRIBUTOR
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