Shabu worth P192,000 found inside bag by K9 inspector in Quezon

LUCENA CITY — A canine inspector found a bag containing suspected shabu (crystal meth), worth more than P192,000 left abandoned on Monday in a passenger sea vessel in Real town in Quezon province.

Philippine Coast Guard personnel alerted the local police after they found at 8:14 p.m. an abandoned bag during their routine inspection inside the Star Horse 2 Shipping vessel docked in a port in Barangay Ungos, the Quezon police reported on Tuesday, July 30.

The K-9 dog handler discovered inside the bag a sachet of shabu weighing 28.34 grams worth P192,712.

K-9 dogs were trained to detect illegal drugs, bombs, and explosives by sniffing them out.

The police are conducting further investigation to find the owner of the bag.