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MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Authorities arrested a 25-year-old man with over P7.1-million worth of suspected crystal meth, locally known as shabu, during a buy-bust operation in Manila, police said on Tuesday.

Suspect Jason Trinidad Danguecan, or 鈥淎li,鈥� was apprehended on Monday at P. Campa Street Corner A. Mendoza Street in Barangay 463, Sampaloc, around 7:16 p.m., according to a report from the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO).

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The NCRPO said operatives of the Manila Police District 鈥� Drug Enforcement Unit (MPD-DEU) were able to confiscate two plastic bags or 1 kilogram and 50 grams of shabu worth P7,140,000 and 69 pieces of fake 1,000-peso bills or buy-bust money from the suspect.

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Danguecan is currently detained at the MPD-DEU custodial facility, while all seized pieces of evidence were submitted to the same office for 鈥渜ualitative and quantitative examination.鈥�

Moreover, the suspect will face a complaint for violating Republic Act聽 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.