CAMP OLA, Albay – A brick of suspected cocaine worth about P4.5 million was found by two fishermen at the shores of Minaulang Palay, Barangay Calanaga, Rapu-Rapu town in Albay last Sunday.
Police Major Malu Calubaquib, spokesperson of Police Regional Office 5 (PRO-5), said Adonis Bellen y Bolaños, 59, and Alvin Bellen y Alfonso, 35, both fishermen and residents of Barangay Nagcalsot, Rapu-Rapu, Albay, found the illegal drug weighing at least 1 kilo at the rocky portion of the shore.
The illegal drug was turned over by the fishermen, accompanied by barangay officials, to the Rapu-Rapu Municipal Police Station (MPS) and then later turned over to Regional Crime Laboratory in Camp General Simeon Ola, in Legazpi City for examination.
According to Cotton Yuson-Talento, spokesperson of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Bicol, the recovered drug has an estimated street value of P4.5 million. (Niño Luces)