LUCENA CITY – Police arrested three Chinese nationals and seized raw materials allegedly used in the manufacture of shabu in an operation along the coast of Infanta, Quezon early Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENTAnother group of Quezon fishers also recovered in the area a “sophisticated, high-tech” tracking device allegedly used in monitoring drug shipments. In August 2000, government forces arrested six Chinese nationals who were smuggling 365 kilograms of shabu, worth P730 million, in the coastal town of Sariaya off Tayabas Bay. The following year, policemen and soldiers arrested a Quezon island town mayor and his security aides at a police checkpoint in the Real highway. The group was caught while transporting some 503 kilos of shabu, worth over P1 billion and placed in several sacks, to Metro Manila using the municipality’s ambulance.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 11, 2018 01:52 UTC