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Police seize P8M worth of shabu in Zamboanga
A 19-year-old man from Iligan City, Benhalid Ampuan, was arrested in Pagadian City with approximately P1.108 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation.
The operation also led to the confiscation of Ampuan's mobile phone, marked money, and other items.
In a separate operation in Zamboanga City on the same day, authorities arrested Jul-Akmad Eling, 36, with P8.1 million worth of suspected shabu.
This P8.1 million drug haul is the third biggest so far this month in Zamboanga, bringing the total value of illegal drugs seized in the city in May to over P263 million.
Eling, who was on the police watchlist, was apprehended during a buy-bust operation by operatives of the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit-IX.
Both suspects are facing charges for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
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