Joint Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Philippine National Police operatives seized around 10kilograms of methamphetamine worth PHP68 million which is equivalent to N489million from two suspects in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City on Tuesday.
The suspects have been identified as Nigerian Lawrence Ikegwuruka Obinna, 27, and Malagasy Michaella Agustine, 23, both residing at the same address in Cavite.
Chief of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas said both suspects, who were put under surveillance for three months, were arrested around 10 a.m.
Both will be facing non-bailable charges for trafficking and possession of dangerous drugs under Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
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