Agent Elmer Ebona, provincial chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Negros Oriental. (PNA file photo)
DUMAGUETE CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Negros Oriental province has seized a total of 1,040 grams of suspect shabu worth PHP7.5 million in different anti-illegal drug operations for the first quarter of this year.
PDEA-Negros Oriental provincial chief Agent Elmer Ebona told the Philippine News Agency on Tuesday that the biggest one-time haul of the “shabu” seized was in February during an operation that yielded one kilogram of the prohibited substance and the arrest of a “high-value target.”
Ebona said during the period covered from Jan. 1 to April 30, they conducted three high-impact operations and arrested 10 high-value targets in different parts of the province.
Supply of shabu is mostly from nearby Cebu province, although some are sourced from Mindanao and even as far as Metro Manila, he said.
The practice of sending shabu via couriers is also still being practiced although it is not as frequent as it was in previous years, he added.
The PDEA agent said drug personalities in the province usually dispose of at least 15 grams of shabu a day. Once the supply arrives, it is immediately divided into smaller volumes and distributed to the street-level pushers, he added. (PNA)
