BUY-BUST. An operative inspects PHP68 million worth of suspected shabu seized in a drug buy-bust at Barangay Sienna in Quezon City on Tuesday (Oct. 8, 2019). The operatives arrested three suspects, including a Chinese national. (Photo courtesy of PDEA)
MANILA – Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Quezon City Police District (QCPD) on Tuesday confiscated PHP68 million worth of shabu from three suspects, including a Chinese, in drug buy-bust in Quezon City.
Joel Plaza, regional director of PDEA-National Capital Region, identified the suspects as Liu Fu Gui, a Chinese national, and Filipinos Keith Anthony Romo, a call center programmer, and Nonito Garlindo, a gasoline boy.
The operatives arrested the suspects at around 4:30 p.m. on Sta. Catalina Street, Brgy. Sienna in Quezon City after transacting with a PDEA agent posing as buyer.
Confiscated from suspects were 10 transparent plastic packs containing a kilogram of white crystalline substance, suspected to be shabu, with a standard price of PHP68 million and two four-wheeled drive vehicles and the buy-bust money.
The suspects are facing criminal charges for violation of Section 5 (sale of dangerous drugs) and Section 11 (illegal possession of dangerous drugs) of Article II of the R.A. 9165 otherwise known as "The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002". (PNA)
