Policemen from the Police Regional Office Drug Enforcement Unit in Central Visayas inventory the P13.6 million worth of illegal drugs they confiscated during the buy-bust operation in San Nicolas, Cebu City on December 24, 2023. | Contributed photo
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Authorities have scored another big hit on Christmas eve with a 2 kilo-drug-haul of shabu worth P13.6 million confiscated during a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Nicolas in Cebu City.
Aside from the P13.6 million drug-haul, policemen from the Police Regional Office Drug Enforcement Unit in Central Visayas (RPDEU-7), they also arrested Angelo Flores, whom they considered as a high value individual.
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Shabu seized in buy-bust
According to the police report, the PRO-7 policemen conducted the buy-bust operation at past 5 p.m. on December 24.
Police confiscated those 2 kilos of suspected shabu from the suspect, Flores.
Flores was detained at the detention cell of the PRO-7, pending the filing of charges.
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Lapu-Lapu P20.4 million drug haul
The drug bust followed one where Lapu-Lapu policemen also confiscated some P20.4 million worth of shabu from another high value individual in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City.
The succesful Lapu-Lapu drug bust was conducted on December 22 or 2 days before the San Nicolas drug bust.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Christian Torres, spokesperson of LCPO, identified the arrested suspect as Jerome Abanto.
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Monitored for 4 months
Torres said that Abanto could dispose of 1 kilo of shabu in a week.
He also said that they monitored the activities of the suspect for four months before they moved in to do the buy-bust operation against the suspect.
Abanto was detained at the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office holding cell pending the filing of charges.
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