FISHERMEN found 40 blocks of cocaine off the coast of Siargao in Surigao del Norte three days after 48 other blocks were found along the shore in Dinagat Island.

Police Regional Office-Caraga Director Gilberto Cruz said the illegal contraband was found Friday morning, February 15, off San Isidro in Surigao del Norte.

It has an estimated value of P200 million, he said.

On Tuesday, February 12, fishermen also recovered blocks of cocaine along the shore in Purok 2, Barangay Poblacion, Dinagat Island.

Cruz said the combined estimated value of the cocaine recovered in Dinagat and Siargao is over half a billion pesos.

He said authorities are investigating the source of the cocaine and whether it was connected to the block of cocaine found Sunday, February 10, along the waters off Barangay Sula, Vinzons town in Camarines Norte. (SunStar Philippines)