2-kilo shabu haul affects street supply — police

Test results done by the PNP Crime Laboratory confirmed that the 1.3 kilo substance confiscated in barangay Sawang Calero, Cebu City last Friday is methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu.

Chief Inspector Romeo Santander, chief of City Intelligence Branch (CIB) said the 1.3 kilo shabu haul could have saved 2,000 drug users and would certainly affect the supply of illegal drugs in the streets.

Police yesterday charged suspected drug pusher Roger Roxas with the violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (RA 9165) before the City Prosecutors Office.

The law gives the maximum penalty of life imprisonment to those found guilty of possessing 50 grams or more of shabu.

Found in Roxas’ possession were 26 packs of  50-grams shabu with an estimated street value of P7.8 million.

Santander said they are going after more big-time drug pushers in the city.

The anti-drug crackdown according to Santander is aimed at addressing the cause of most crimes in the city.

Most of the crimes in the city, he added are drug-related and/or committed by those who are using illegal drugs.

Authorities scored big in the illegal crackdown last week. Aside from the 1.3 kilo haul, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) also confiscated 700 grams of shabu from Nigerian businessman James Cunta Okwudili Uyanneh and arrested alleged drug den operator Zenaida Ampalayo in barangay Mambaling, Cebu City.