P8.7M shabu seized in Cebu City; 2 suspects arrested

By: Paul Lauro - Correspondent/CDN Digital | February 22,2020 - 07:41 AM

Two suspects are arrested with P8.7 million worth of suspected shabu in a drug bust in Cebu City pre-dawn on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. |CPPO Photo

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB) of the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) has confiscated suspected shabu worth P8.7 million during a buy-bust operation in Lower Torre, Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City, pre-dawn today, Saturday,  February 22, 2020.

P8.7 million worth of shabu seized during a drug bust in Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City pre-dawn on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. |CPPO Photo

Two suspects were arrested during the operation, including the high-value individual (HVI) identified as James Peter Reyes Pastoriza, 46, a resident of the area.

However, Police Lieutenant Colonel Marlu Conag, head of the CPPO PIB, said that a Jeric Canton, also a HVI suspect, managed to escape during the operation.

A follow-up investigation is ongoing to be able to catch the  suspect./elb

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