P204M shabu seized

Operatives from the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) late Monday night seized 30 kilos of shabu worth P204 million at a condominium building in Pasig City.

In a statement, the NCRPO said that it has arrested suspect Manolito Lugo Carlos alias Lito and Tonge at the Sorrento Oasis Residences on C. Raymundo Avenue, Pasig City. The suspect was allegedly involved with convicted drug personalities now serving sentence at the National Bilibid Prison, Muntinlupa City.

Reports also said that the suspect is said to be the right hand man of a convicted drug lord and is in charge of the storage and distribution of illegal drugs, adding that Carlos was a high-profile drug personality and was among major targets of NCRPO under a case operational plan.

“He is a main player of a syndicated organized gang engaged in the illegal drug trafficking operating in Metro Manila, Region 3 and Calabarzon,” said the police in its report.

The NCRPO and PDEA raided condominium unit at 7:40 p.m. with a search warrant issued by Executive Judge Danilo Cruz of the Pasig City Regional Trial Court and they recovered 30 heat sealed plastic packs of shabu weighing a kilo each.

The street value of 30 kilos of shabu is pegged at P204 million.

Also recovered at the scene were assorted drug paraphernalia; and different bank deposit slips indicating therein the alleged amount of remittances as payment for the illegal drugs.