Police seize nearly four hundred thousand pesos of meth in South Cotabato raid
Authorities arrested a 44-year-old suspect in Polomolok, South Cotabato, and confiscated roughly P400,000 worth of methamphetamine during a night buy-bust operation.
The operation took place around 9:04 p.m. on October 15 in Barangay Poblacion, Polomolok. Police Regional Office 12 identified the detainee only by the alias “Andy.” Together with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, officers recovered four sachets of suspected shabu, totaling about 59 grams. The seized drugs were valued at close to four hundred thousand pesos.
Why it matters
The bust highlights continued law-enforcement focus on methamphetamine trafficking in the Philippines.
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