'LIQUID SHABU' PEDDLERS. PDEA operatives seize syringes containing injectable shabu from two suspects in a buy-bust operation in Mandaluyong City on Thursday (Feb. 20, 2020). The suspects will be charged for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (Photo courtesy of PDEA)
MANILA -- Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives arrested two suspects and seized PHP52,000 worth of 'liquid shabu' placed in syringes in a buy-bust operation in Mandaluyong City on Thursday.
In a report submitted to Director General Aaron Aquino, PDEA Special Enforcement Service (SES) director Levi S. Ortiz identified the suspects as Mark Kenneth San Juan, 23 and Jeffrey Saclao, 28.
The two were arrested in front of a fast-food chain along Guevarra Street in Barangay Highway Hills.
The suspects yielded 26 pieces of syringes containing liquid shabu with a total volume of 10.4 milliliters, one piece heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing around two grams of shabu worth PHP13,600, one small bottle of sterile water, a digital weighing scale, and marked money.
The suspects will be charged for violating Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs), Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs), Section 12 (Possession of Drug Paraphernalia), and Section 26 (Conspiracy to Sell Dangerous Drugs), Article II of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (PNA)
