DRUG RAID: Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) raided a farm in Batangas.
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) together with members of the Philippine National Police-Calabarzon raided Hingoso Farm in Barangay Sto. Niño in the town of Ibaan, Batangas, Thursday morning.
“Yung mga agents natin sinasabi may masangsang na amoy na lumalabas sa kanilang lugar kaya inisip na namin kaninang umaga tirahin na ang lugar,” PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino said.
(Our agents said a foul smell has been emanating from the area, so we decided this morning to raid the place.)
Authorities discovered a concealed shabu laboratory within the one-hectare property where various raw chemicals and improvised equipment being used to manufacture illegal drugs such as shabu and ecstasy were found.
According to PDEA, a Hong Kong based drug lord was reported to have set up the said facility.
Four Chinese chemists were arrested in the operation who acted as financiers of the group and five others. The suspects denied involvement in the manufacture of illegal drugs.
“Ito sana ang talagang first attempt nila mag process ng shabu kaya lang di natapos, although nasa third stage na sila,” Aquino said.
(This would have been their first attempt at processing shabu, but they were not able to complete it, although they were at the third stage.)
Aquino said the laboratory is capable of producing at least 25 kilograms of shabu a day with an estimated street value of P125-million.
The confiscated chemicals were brought to PDEA laboratory for further investigation. — Vincent Octavio| UNTV News & Rescue
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