AUTHORITIES seized nearly P30 million worth of shabu in separate anti-drug operations in Quezon City and Pasay City last Wednesday and Tuesday.
One of the suspects, identified only as alias Jessie, was arrested in a buy-bust operation along San Mateo Road, Barangay Batasan Hills in Quezon City last Tuesday night.
Seized from the 43-year-old suspect were two kilos of shabu worth P13.8 million.
Police said information about the activities of the suspect came from small-time drug dealers who were earlier arrested in previous operations.
Aside from the shabu, police also seized from Jessie’s possession the buy-bust money, bank transaction slips, identification cards and a mobile phone.
“This major arrest was not instant. This was preceded by a series of intel-driven operations targeting small-time drug personalities who shared valuable intelligence resulting from the identification and arrest of this high-value individual,” said Maj. Gen. Anthony Aberin, director of the National Capital Region Police Office.
In Pasay City, a 62-year-old female identified only as Aida was nabbed last Wednesday afternoon at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 for possession of 2.02 kilos of shabu worth P13.76 million.
Aida was found in possession of the shabu during a routine security screening, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said.
The suspect was scheduled to board a flight to Bacolod City when arrested, PDEA said.
Also seized from here were a cellular phone, a digital weighing scale, travel documents, and identification cards.
Police seized P140,964 worth of suspected dangerous drugs and arrested three persons in a buy-bust operation in San Mateo, Rizal, on Wednesday night. – Christian Oineza
Col. Felipe Maraggun, Rizal provincial police office (PPO) director, identified the suspects as alias Rico, Maritess and Jerry, of 65 Pag-Asa Compound, Barangay Ampid, San Mateo, Rizal.
Seized from them were 10 sachets containing more or less 20.73 grams of suspected shabu.
