Philippine National Police chief PGen Archie Gamboa said this is the biggest haul for the year, adding that the drugs may have been imported since there are likely no more drug laboratories in the country.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 4) — Authorities seized over ₱5.1 billion-worth of illegal drugs in a buy-bust operation in Marilao, Bulacan on Thursday.
City and regional police found 63 boxes of shabu or crystal meth weighing 756 kilos with an estimated value of ₱5,140,800,000, a police report detailed.
The operation took place on Reley Street, Barangay Lias. Officers also arrested three suspects including one Chinese national and confiscated buy-bust boodle money worth ₱1 million.
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