Siblings nabbed with P7.2-M shabu from Malaysia —PDEA

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has arrested two men peddling suspected shabu from Malaysia.

In a 24 Oras report on Saturday, the suspects were identified as siblings Absurasid and Abdul Aziz Jaman Asaali.

The siblings were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Fairview, Quezon City.

Seized from the two suspects were more or less one kilogram of shabu with a street value of P7.2 million.

A PDEA agent said in the 24 Oras report that the shabu seized from the siblings came from Malaysia, smuggled to the country through the Zambasulta area (Zamboanga, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi) in Mindanao.

The PDEA said the from Zambasulta, the brothers rented a private vehicle and traveled to various various ports until they reached Metro Manila.

The agency said that it is now coordinating with port authorities after the discovery of this new way of smuggling drugs into Metro Manila and other parts of the country. —report from Jamie Santos/ALG, GMA News