A suspected drug courier and the seizure of more than one kilogram of suspected shabu worth over P6.8 million during a buy‑bust operation in Sta. Cruz, Manila on Wednesday, 24 June.

At around 4:25 a.m., operatives of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit of Meisic Police Station (PS‑11), Manila Police District, conducted the operation along Rizal Avenue near Bustos Street, Barangay 303, District III.

The 36‑year‑old suspect was intercepted while allegedly attempting to distribute a substantial volume of illegal drugs intended for circulation within Metro Manila.

Recovered from the suspect were one vacuum‑sealed plastic sachet containing approximately one kilogram of suspected shabu and another heat‑sealed sachet containing around five grams of the same substance.

Authorities placed the total standard drug price value of the seized contraband at P6,834,000. Also confiscated were one genuine P1,000 bill used as buy‑bust money and five counterfeit P1,000 bills.

The confiscated substances will undergo laboratory examination at the Manila Police District Forensic Unit, while the suspect will be subjected to ultraviolet testing.

The arrested suspect will be charged for violations of Sections 5 and 11, Article II of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. NEIL ALCOBER