P15M illegal drugs seized in Batanes

Raymon Dullana

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P15M illegal drugs seized in Batanes
Batanes Police Chief Edgardo Pamittan says police do not know who produced the drugs


CAGAYAN VALLEY, Philippines – About 2.6 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride, also known as shabu, was found buried by police at the foot of Mount Iraya in Basco, Batanes, on Friday, July 31.

Provincial Police Chief Edgardo Pamittan said that the drugs they found has been the “biggest catch” in the province so far.

Police, with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), conducted a search operation in the area and found the substance packed in a ziplock bag wrapped with black plastic. The drugs were valued at P15 million, according to Pamittan.

Mayroon sanang taong kukuha dun kaso baka natiktikan na may pulis na nakadeploy kaya hindi tumuloy (There was a buyer who backed out but he may have heard that police were deployed, that’s why the deal didn’t push through),” Pamittan told Rappler.

Police do not know who produced the drugs and who intended to buy them. The last big drug bust happened in 2000, according to Pamittan, when they found a shabu lab in one of the cabins of a ferry boat. – Rappler.com 

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