Cebu hotel staff helps bust P11-M shabu delivery to Japan

Police in Cebu City seized on Jan. 27, 2018, one-kilo of suspected shabu (foreground) from 61-year-old Dorotea Moyes, who allegedly tried to ship the illegal drugs to Japan. INQUIRER VISAYAS / BENJIE TALISIC

CEBU CITY — A 61-year-old woman is facing charges after she allegedly tried to ship a kilo of shabu worth P11 million to Japan.

Dorotea Moyes is facing charges for attempting to transport illegal drugs.

The police said Moyes was billeted in a hotel in uptown Cebu City when she asked the staff to have a courier deliver her package to Japan.

But management became suspicious of the package and alerted the police.

SPO3 Darius Libanan, mobile beat patroller of Fuente police precinct, went to the hotel, checked the package and found the illegal substance.

Moyes, a native of Quezon province who holds an Australian passport, was brought to the police station for questioning.

Chief Insp. Maria Theresa Macatangay, Fuente police station chief, said the suspect admitted that she was hired by a foreigner to have the package shipped to Japan.

She said the police looked for the foreigner but failed to find him. /cbb