A village councilor found on Wednesday a plastic container believed to contain shabu worth about P6.8 million in Lubang, Occidental Mindoro.
CITY OF CALAPAN 鈥� A village councilor found on Wednesday a plastic container believed to contain shabu worth about P6.8 million in Lubang, Occidental Mindoro.
The confirmation of the substance by the crime laboratory was still pending, said Captain Feran Cadiao, acting chief of police in Lubang town.
Cadiao said Dominador Tardio, chief tanod (patrol), found the sky-blue sealed plastic pack containing the white crystalline substance at 6:30 a.m. along the shores of Barangay Binacas.
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At 10 a.m., village councilor Arnelson Tamares, also a member of the Savior of the Sea, reported the plastic pack to the police.
The police, led by Cadiao, along with the Lubang Maritime Law Enforcement Team, went to the village hall to verify the discovery.
Tamares said he found the pack unexpectedly while walking along the shore.
The white substance, weighing around 1,000 grams, was worth P6,800,000 based on the Philippine Dangerous Drug Board.
The contraband was handed over to Police Staff Sergeant Julius Cesar Torres at the village hall for proper disposition and documentation.
It was then forwarded to the Regional Crime Laboratory Office at Barangay Suqui in Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro for examination. INQ