P700M worth of shabu seized, 2 suspects arrested in Bulacan
'Ang [PNP Drug Enforcement Group] natin last Saturday night ay may nahuli tayong 100 plus kilos na part ng ating [case operational plan] na nakuha natin sa Bulacan,' PNP chief Police General Nicolas Torre III said at a press briefing.
(Our PNP Drug Enforcement Group last Saturday night seized over 100 kilos of shabu as part of our case operational plan that we obtained in Bulacan.)
PDEG chief Police Brigadier General Edwin Quilates said the National Capital Region Special Operations Unit (NCR SOU) had been working on the case.
'Matagal na na nilang sinusundan yung tao, yung movements niya from Region 3 to NCR until maka-connect yung Alpha nila so natuloy yung buy-bust operation last Saturday,' Quilates said.
(They have been following the target person for a long time, his movements from Region 3 to NCR until their Alpha connected, so the buy-bust operation continued last Saturday.)
Two suspects were arrested, identified as 40-year-old 'Ry' and 55-year-old Chinese national 'Lian,' who are both tagged as 'high-value individuals.'
According to Quilates, Lian was using a seafood store, restaurant, and warehouse in Guiginto and Plaridel as a front for the illegal activity.
Quialates said authorities are looking into the possibility that the shabu was transported through waters as the packages were wet.
Recently, authorities have been recovering packages of shabu floating in Philippine waters. — Joviland Rita/RSJ, GMA Integrated News
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