Zambales ops net P5-M drugs

ZAMBALES police examine the P5 million worth of illegal drugs seized from a suspected peddler during a buy-bust operation in San Marcelino town Thursday.Photographs courtesy of ZAMBALES PNP

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12 Jun 2025, 20:15

ZAMBALES police examine the P5 million worth of illegal drugs seized from a suspected peddler during a buy-bust operation in San Marcelino town Thursday.Photographs courtesy of ZAMBALES PNP

SAN MARCELINO, Zambales — Authorities here have seized illegal drugs worth P5 million during an anti-illegal drugs operation ar Barangay Linasin of this town Thursday.

According to the Zambales Police Provincial Office, the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, along with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Zambales and San Marcelino Municipal Police Station (MPS) conducted the anti-illegal drugs operation.

The operation resulted in the arrest of a 46-year-old high-value individual. Confiscated from the suspect were suspected shabu around 755 grams with a standard drug price of P5,134,000.

The suspect is held at the San Marcelino MPS and is facing charges of violating Republic Act 9165 or Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

San Marcelino drug bust