Courtesy: Davao City Police
AT least P18.2 million worth of shabu was confiscated at a checkpoint in Sirawan Village, Toril District, Sunday afternoon. Two persons were arrested.
Capt. Hazel Tuazon, Davao City Police Office spokesperson, said Toril police and troops from Task Force Davao flagged down a black Mitsubishi Montero with two persons onboard for routine inspection at a checkpoint and saw in plain view a plastic sachet peeking out of a brown envelope on the front passenger floor and two transparent cellophane containing 19 pieces of small brown envelopes next to it.
Tuazon said that upon inspection, each envelope contained a sachet of suspected shabu.
Police seized a total of 1.14 kilos of suspected shabu (crystal meth) with an estimated street value of P18.2 million.
Police arrested the two persons aboard the vehicle, identified as Cresil Jay Lacia, 29, and driver Antonio Palacios, both residents of New Corella town, Davao del Norte.
