By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan

CONFISCATED. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency seizes seven kilos of shabu worth P47.6 million in a buy-bust in Barangay Tikay, City of Malolos, Bulacan on Saturday (Feb. 15, 2025). Five suspects were arrested. (Photo from PDEA)

MANILA – Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents arrested five suspects and seized PHP47.6 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust in Malolos City, Bulacan.

In a press release on Sunday, PDEA identified the suspects by their aliases: Joyce, 46; Caloy, 41; Christy, 21; Russ, 20; and Carl, 19.

They were apprehended Saturday night in Barangay Tikay.

Authorities confiscated seven kilos of suspected shabu concealed in brown-gold foil packs labeled with Chinese characters that read “freeze-dried durian.” (PNA)