LANAO DEL SUR, Philippines — Anti-narcotics agents seized a P8.1 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu in separate drug stings in Wao town here and Zamboanga City over the weekend. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) confiscated Thursday P6.8 million worth of shabu from Amrodin Alan Bantog, a suspected member of the Islamic State-inspired Maute terror group. Local officials told reporters that Bantog remitted a fraction of his earnings to the Maute terror group, now under Owaida Marohombsar, also known as Abu Dar. Meanwhile, the police seized P1.3 million worth of shabu from a suspect at a coastal village in Zamboanga City. Chief Superintendent Emmanuel Luis Licup, regional police director, said they have confiscated almost three kilos of shabu in the last three months.

Source: Philippine Star February 22, 2019 13:25 UTC