MANILA – Four individuals were arrested and PHP91.8 million worth of suspected illegal drugs were seized in a two-day operation, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Sunday.
In a news release, the PNP said the operations yielded 15.44 kilograms of suspected illegal drugs, consisting of 11,641.80 grams of shabu; 1,563 grams of kush; and 2,232 grams of ketamine, with a combined standard drug price of PHP91,887,240.
In Western Visayas, police arrested three high-value individuals in two separate buy-bust in Iloilo on Nov. 5 — two in Oton with 280 grams of suspected shabu approximately worth PHP1,904,000 and another in Iloilo City with 60 grams of shabu valued at PHP408,000.
In Soccsksargen, police arrested another individual in a buy-bust in Polomolok, South Cotabato on Nov. 5. The operation yielded 60.80 grams of suspected shabu worth PHP413,440.
Meanwhile, in Pasay City, police intercepted 12 abandoned inbound parcels at the Central Mail Exchange Center on Nov. 6. The parcels contained 11,241 grams of suspected shabu worth PHP76.44 million; 1,563 grams of kush valued at PHP1.56 million; and 2,232 grams of ketamine worth PHP11.16 million.
The seized substances will be turned over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency national office for proper disposition, the PNP said.
“We will pursue drug operations wherever they lead, from local distribution points to concealed shipments passing through transport and delivery facilities. Those behind these activities must be identified and held accountable under the law,” PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said. (Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan/PNA)
