PDEA RAIDS SHABU LABORATORY IN AYALA ALABANG, SEIZE ₱149.6 MILLION SHABU

Dateline Kamuning The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency led a joint anti-drug operation by law enforcement and military units on the early morning of November 18, 2022 and raided a clandestine shabu laboratory in the upscale neighborhood of Ayala-Alabang Village in Muntinlupa City. An estimated total of 22 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu worth ₱149,600,000 million pesos was seized by a multi-agency force composed of the PDEA Intelligence Service, PDEA RO-NCR Southern District and other law enforcement agencies, According to ASEC. Gregorio R. Pimentel, PDEA Officer-in-Charge who personally led the operation, the group used a modified setup for manufacturing shabu. “The shabu is mixed in liquid form, then washed with acetone. It’s practically an odorless process, which is probably why they suspects were confident in doing it here in a residential area”, said Pimentel in a Facebook post by PDEA. The PDEA-led force served two search warrants: on...