Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 16) — Billions of pesos worth of illegal drugs were seized by authorities during an operation in Infanta, Quezon on Tuesday, where ten suspects were arrested.
A police report from Infanta said the drug haul was the result of an anti-illegal drugs operation conducted by authorities on March 15 at a checkpoint purposely set up along the national highway in Barangay Comon.
It said three vans were intercepted and resulted in the confiscation of “an aggregated 80 sacks of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride.” The seized items weighed around 1,650 kilograms with a market value of P10 billion.
“Inventory and markings of pieces of evidence were conducted in the presence of officials of Barangay Comon and media representatives of Infanta, Quezon at the third floor of the Taytay Tiangge Building, Taytay, Rizal,” said the report.
