NCRPO, PDEA seize P204-M shabu, nab suspect tied to drug convicts

WATCH: Aabot sa 30 kilo ng hinihinalang shabu na nagkakahalaga ng ?204-M, nakumpiska sa isang drug suspek sa isang condo sa Pasig City. | via @Rodveg72 pic.twitter.com/a0OSbG4uwo

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Members of the National Capital Region Police Office and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Monday night seized 30 kilos of shabu worth P204 million at a condominium building in Pasig City.

The authorities also arrested suspect Manolito Lugo Carlos alias Lito and Tonge at the condo along C. Raymundo Avenue, Pasig City.

Carlos is allegedly involved with convicted drug personalities now serving sentence at the National Bilibid Prison, Muntinlupa City.

He is said to be the right hand man of a convicted drug lord and is in charge of the storage and distribution of illegal drugs.

Police said Carlos was a high-profile drug personality and was among major targets of NCRPO under a case operational plan.

"He is a main player of a syndicated organized gang engaged in the illegal drug trafficking operating in Metro Manila, Region 3 and Calabarzon," said the police in its report.

The NCRPO and PDEA raided condominium unit at 7:40 p.m. with a search warrant issued by Executive Judge Danilo Cruz of the Pasig City Regional Trial Court.

The government agents recovered 30 heat sealed plastic packs of shabu weighing a kilo each.

The street value of 30 kilos of shabu is pegged at P204 million.

Also recovered at the scene were assorted drug paraphernalia; and different bank deposit slips indicating therein the alleged amount of remmittances as payment for the illegal drugs. —Anna Felicia Bajo/NB/RSJ, GMA News