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P23.9-M shabu seized in Metro Cebu
Over P23.9 million worth of illegal drugs were confiscated in separate buy-bust operations in Metro Cebu on Sunday, May 19.
In Barangay Calamba, Cebu City, authorities arrested a 48-year-old man, identified as alias "Mitong" or Romelito Flores, considered a high-value individual and allegedly a "bodegero" for a drug syndicate, seizing approximately P10.3 million worth of suspected shabu.
Flores was allegedly capable of distributing around 3,000 grams of illegal drugs weekly to various clients across Metro Cebu.
In Mandaue City, 28-year-old Fatima Veraces was apprehended by agents from PDEA-7, Naval Forces Central, and the Drug Enforcement Group-Special Operations Unit, yielding 2.5 kilos of suspected shabu valued at P10.2 million.
Following Veraces' arrest, her live-in partner, William Lopez, 32, was apprehended in Lapu-Lapu City, where authorities seized half a kilo of suspected shabu worth PHP3.4 million and a multicab.
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