Authorities confiscated suspected shabu worth more than P20 million in separate police operations in Zamboanga City.

Police and agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Zamboanga (PDEA-9) arrested a 24-year-old man in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Canelar. The suspect’s companion evaded arrest.

Seized from the suspect were sachets of suspected shabu worth around P6.8 million.

Authorities said they have been monitoring the suspect’s involvement in the illegal drug trade. The suspect’s drug supply may have come from Sulu.

Meanwhile, a 37-year-old man was arrested in a separate operation in Barangay San Jose Gusu dawn on Friday, August 9, 2024.

Operatives of the Special Operations Unit of the Police Drug Enforcement Group in Zamboanga seized from the suspect around two kilos of suspected shabu worth around P13.6 million.

The two suspects are now detained and will face charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act.