BY ARMANDO FENEQUITO JR.
DAVAO CITY – Police operatives in Davao Region seized about 1.8 kilos of shabu worth R18 million in a house being renovated at Purok Bagani, Cuambogan, Tagum City, Davao del Norte on Sunday.
Police Regional Office 11 (PRO-11) disclosed that the operation was conducted after the carperter – identified as Ronnel Natores Navarro – discovered a bag of white powdery substance believed to be shabu, laboratory equipment, and chemicals while he was detaching the roof from the trusses of a house he was renovating.
The operation was conducted by Tagum City Police Station (TCPS), Tagum and Provincial Intelligence Units, Regional Drug Enforcement Unit 11 and Davao del Norte Provincial Mobile Force Company at around 9:45 a.m. on Oct. 11.
The police, along Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 11 (PDEA-11), immediately dismantled the kitchen-type clandestine laboratory. (Armando Fenequito Jr.)