Drug runner nabbed with P1.7-M worth of shabu in Cebu City

CEBU CITY—A drug runner was arrested near the Calamba Public Cemetery with P1.7 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride (“shabu”) before dawn Wednesday.

Japet Bontilao was tasked to deliver 150 grams of shabu to a buyer during his arrest, said Sr. Insp. Henrix Bancoleta of the Regional Anti-Illegal Drug Special Operations Group (RAID-SOTG).

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Police are still looking for Bontilao’s drug supplier whom they refused to identify.

Bancoleta said that Bontilao was instructed to hand the shabu to a buyer whom he would meet near the Calamba Public Cemetery during his arrest around 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday. RAM

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