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Tuesday, January 13, 2004
3 drug warehouses raided; 26 kilos of shabu seized
POLICE conducted simultaneous raids on drug laboratories and warehouses in Parañaque and Las Piñas Monday morning.
Police said two warehouses in Las Piñas yielded a total of 26 kilos of shabu.
The raided stockrooms were on Aguilar Avenue in Balon 1 and on New Delhi street, B.F. Tourist International subdivision.
Police said the warehouses were also being used as clandestine shabu laboratory.
Police also raided a third drug depot at Room 1803 of Bay View Inyernational Tower 2 in Parañaque City.
Superintendent Nelson Yabut, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) spokesman, said shabu, ephedrine, and chemistry books were seized from the room at Bayview International Tower 2.
"Research and development are being done here," Yabut said.
Yabut said a certain Miko Tan, who had been arrested over his alleged involvement in the drug laboratory that had been raided by police in Cavite province, was also behind the facility in Parañaque.
Yabut added that Tan also went by the Chinese name Yuchin Tan and a Filipino name - Antonio Nava.
In a statement Monday, President Arroyo lauded the raids saying it proved that the government's anti-drug campaign was rolling with "greater momentum."
"This is our 17th big catch in 6 months and the dragnet is closing in on the drug syndicates. We are drying up the supply, clearing the barangays of pushers and taking in more users for rehabilitation."
Arroyo added that the government is closing in on drug syndicates and communities are now becoming safer from illegal substances. Miko Santos
(January 13, 2004 issue)
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