7 pushers nabbed in Manila drug operations

MANILA, Philippines — Manila policemen seized over 500 grams of “shabu” (crystal meth), worth around P3.5 million, and arrested seven suspects in separate entrapment operations earlier this week in Ermita, Manila.

The Station 9 of the Manila Police District arrested five suspects and seized P3.4 million in shabu from a group inside a fast-food outlet on T.M. Kalaw and Maria Orosa Streets.

The police also seized P133,960 worth of meth from two suspected drug peddlers on the same street a day later.

—Nikka G. Valenzuela