Quezon fishers recover P130M cocaine liquid off Bicol waters

LUCENA CITY – A group of fishermen from the island town of Perez in Quezon province, turned over on Monday a plastic container filled with 16.5 liters of white liquid used for the production of cocaine.

Chief Insp. Marcelito Platino, Quezon police public information officer, said in a report that fishermen Jayner Tisou, Michael Sekreto, Joven Mendez and Virgilio Yanilla brought the container to the Perez police station around 7 p.m. on Monday.

The fishermen said they found the container Sunday morning in the waters off Calauag island.

Chemical analysis conducted by the Quezon police laboratory in Camp Nakar, confirmed that the liquid was a key ingredient in the production of the illegal and addictive substance and could produce about 13 kilos of high grade cocaine worth P130 million in the street market.

In another report, four other fishers Jeffrey Taro, Victor Anarcho, Antonio Permian and Dencio Sanico, all from Perez, also recovered in the same sea waters, a “tracking equipment,” as described by the police.

The equipment was turned-over to the concerned police agency.

Last week, fishers from the same town also recovered 28 kilos of high-grade cocaine in the waters off Camarines Norte province.