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PDEA, police seize narc worth P3.4m

JD

Agents from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police confiscated an estimated P3.4 million worth of suspected illegal drugs during a buy-bust operation in Cavite.

Arrested in the operation was a woman identified only by the alias “Jamaica,” 34, in Barangay Sta. Fe, Dasmariñas City.

Authorities recovered approximately 500 grams — or half a kilo — of suspected shabu and marked buy-bust money from the suspect.

She will face charges for allegedly violating Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.