The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) dismantled a clandestine shabu laboratory inside a huge farm in Ibaan, Batangas, on Thursday morning and arrested seven people, including three Chinese chemists and their Filipino cohorts. He identified the suspects as Tian Baoquan and Guo Zixing, both Chinese chemists; Eduardo Lorenzo, 59, an electrician; Rosaleo Cesar, 49, driver; and Amancio Gallarde, 40, errand boy. A simultaneous operation arrested another Chinese chemist identified as Hong Dy and driver Nestor Baguio in Lipa City, Batangas, on the same day. Later, in Tagaytay City, PDEA operatives arrested Xie Jiansheng, reportedly the Chinese organizer and handler of the chemists. According to Chinese intelligence reports, the shabu and ecstasy-producing laboratory was organized by a Hong Kong-based drug kingpin and financier.

Source: Manila Times April 12, 2018 16:07 UTC