Christmas eve drug bust: Shabu worth P13.6M seized in Cebu City
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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