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P68-M worth of shabu hidden in tea bags seized in Bacoor
The National Bureau of Investigation says the illegal drugs were supposedly supplied by a Bilibid inmate

Angeles City cops seize P6.8-million shabu in buy-bust operation
The suspect, Michael Balingit, is among the high-value targets in the campaign against illegal drugs in Angeles City

P141-M shabu packed in speakers seized from Pasay warehouse
Weighing a total of 20.8 kilograms, the seizure is one of the biggest drug hauls of the Bureau of Customs in 2019

P6.5-M worth of shabu seized at Clark port
The illegal drugs were hidden in a shipment of 'external aquarium filter' from the Czech Republic, says the Bureau of Customs-Port of Clark

Police seize P455 million shabu hidden in tea bags in Las Piñas apartment
Police do not have search warrant but claim it is a 'consented search'
Police seize P2.5B worth of shabu in Makati warehouse
In one of the biggest drug busts of the Philippine National Police under President Rodrigo Duterte, 371 kilograms of shabu are seized from a Chinese national in Makati City
NAIA Customs intercepts P41M worth of shabu from Filipina passenger
The Bureau of Customs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport says it intercepted two similar shipments from Cambodia last October

P150-M shabu intercepted in Samar
Acting on an intelligence report, Samar police find 88 kilograms of shabu inside two vehicles they stopped at a checkpoint
Indonesian arrested with P54 million worth of shabu at Manila airport
Authorities intercept more or less 8 kilograms of shabu from the passenger who arrived from Siam Reap, Cambodia, via Flight 5J 528

Zambales cops find P80-M shabu in abandoned speedboat
Police are still trying to determine the owner of the speedboat and the source of the illegal drugs

P6.8-M drugs seized from Pasig ‘shabu tiangge’ syndicate remnants
Alleged Buratong syndicate members Jalal Salamoden and Sampiano Rason are killed in a shootout with Pasig police

Ex-SexBomb Girl Sheena Flores de Castro on drug arrest: 'It’s not true'
Sheena Flores de Castro, who is now based in the United States, clarifies that she is not the 'former SexBomb Girl member Sheena Joana Uypico' who was arrested in Laguna for drug possession

Former SexBomb Girl Sheena Joana Uypico busted for shabu possession
(UPDATED) Sheena Joana Uypico, along with her sister and a male companion, were caught with shabu worth P40,000

DOJ summons Jacky Co over P1.8-B shabu shipment
The Department of Justice has directed suspected Chinese drug lord Jacky Co and 16 others to respond to the criminal complaint filed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency

PDEA files charges vs Jacky Co, 16 others over P1.8-B shabu shipment
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino says the filing of charges 'will serve as a warning to those individuals, especially to government employees, who extend assistance in drug trafficking'

Customs, PDEA failed to detect P1-B shabu in Manila port
EXCLUSIVE: Documents show PDEA and BOC failed to flag a drug-packed January 2019 shipment. They put it up for auction in April, then found illegal drugs in it after 'raiding' its buyer in May.

Chinese behind P1.8-B shabu escapes PH authorities via PAL, NAIA
Blacklisted Chinese man Zhijian Xu, also known as Jacky Co, escapes through NAIA, baffling police chief-turned-senator Panfilo Lacson

P1 billion worth of shabu seized in Malabon warehouse
PDEA chief Aaron Aquino believes the shabu came from Cambodia, and is managed by the notorious Golden Triangle drug syndicate

Marikina police seize some P80,000 shabu from two suspects
A tip from an informant leads to the arrest Monday night in Tumana, Marikina

DOJ indicts ex-cop Acierto over magnetic lifters shabu case
Dismissed PDEA deputy chief Ismael Fajardo and resigned customs intel officer Jimmy Guban are also indicted for drug importation
Shabu worth P4.8-M seized in Angeles City
Cops arrest a woman selling a kilogram of shabu during a buy-bust operation in her home in Barangay Balibago, Angeles City

P1.8B worth of shabu intercepted at Manila port
(UPDATED) The 276 kilos of drugs are hidden in a 40-foot container van that was declared to contain plastic resin

P1.1-B worth of shabu seized in Ayala Alabang buy-busts
(UPDATED) PDEA and police arrest Chinese suspects in separate operations at the Alabang Town Center parking lot and in a house in Ayala Alabang Village in Muntinlupa City

Shabu in Southeast Asia at record high – U.N.
'Seizures of methamphetamine in 2018 were once again a record, yet street prices of the drug decreased in many parts of the region,' says the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

DOJ scolds NBI for 'not studying well' shabu shipment complaint
The NBI wants to remove Customs Deputy Collector for Operations Michael Vargas from its complaint in connection with a multibillion-peso shabu shipment last year
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LOOK: P90-M shabu in car parts shipment seized at NAIA
The Bureau of Customs discovers 13 kilograms of shabu stuffed inside car mufflers shipped from the U.S.

2 killed, P1.9 billion worth of 'shabu' seized in Cavite
Police say two suspects believed to be Chinese were killed in a shootout during a drug raid in Tanza, Cavite

Duterte still trusts Lapeña despite NBI graft complaints
President Rodrigo Duterte's basis for continuing to trust TESDA chief Isidro Lapeña? 'Because he (Duterte) knows him personally. He has worked with him and he trusts him,' says Malacañang.

Lapeña faces graft complaints over shabu shipment mess
This is the first time that complaints are filed against Isidro Lapeña for the billions of pesos worth of shabu which slipped past the Bureau of Customs
Whistleblower Mangaoang returns as Customs X-ray chief
(UPDATED) Lourdes Mangaoang is back in the X-ray department of the Bureau of Customs

Gordon committee recommends charges vs 19 in shabu mess
The Senate blue ribbon committee pushes for charges against former law enforcers, Customs importers and employees, and suspected Chinese personalities

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4 Chinese sentenced to life in prison for operating floating shabu lab
The Olongapo RTC sentences the 4 Hong Kong residents to life imprisonment after they were caught by the PNP near the shore of Subic, Zambales, manufacturing shabu aboard a fishing boat in 2016

LIST: Over 40 face drug charges for multibillion-peso shabu shipments
The 40 consist of former and current law enforcers, Customs and importing industry employees, and suspected Chinese personalities

Shabu-making chemicals seized in Pasig raid
Police say the location was allegedly owned by a close relative of Philip Jacob Nocum, the tenant occupying a house which turned out to be a shabu laboratory in North Greenhills

Cops raid shabu lab in North Greenhills
(UPDATED) The shabu laboratory, discovered in a rented house in the posh San Juan subdivision, is estimated to produce 30 kilos of illegal drugs a week

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Gordon clears Lapeña of crime in P11-B missing shabu controversy
'Tinanggal na eh,' says Senator Richard Gordon on former Bureau of Customs chief Isidro Lapeña

Ex-cop, PDEA exec in P11-B shabu controversy missing
Both have not been seen by their colleagues at the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Philippine National Police

'All circumstances' show magnetic lifters packed with shabu – Barbers
Lawmakers end the investigation after 5 hearings eyeing recommendations to the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act and possible charges against liable officials

Biazon on shabu smuggling: 'Is PDEA clean?'
Lawmakers raise the possibility that more Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency officials may be implicated in drug smuggling

House panel questions credibility of Customs X-ray inspector
Lawmakers are dissatisfied with the way Bureau of Customs X-ray inspector John Mar Morales rescanned images of magnetic lifters

Brother-in-law of Martin Diño arrested for selling shabu
Marikina police say the brother-in-law of the DILG undersecretary was selling shabu inside a house that was raided by authorities

Gordon warns BOC’s Guerrero: Beware of ‘treacherous’ customs
The senator shows newly-appointed Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero a photo of PDEA officials partying with an ex-cop supposedly involved in billion-peso shabu shipments

Gordon cites 4 witnesses in contempt over absence at shabu probe
Senator Richard Gordon says the witnesses, including dismissed cop Eduardo Acierto and sacked PDEA official Ismael Fajardo, face arrest if they skip the next Senate hearing

Barbers clears Lapeña in shabu smuggling
The chairperson of the House committee on dangerous drugs says command responsibility does not apply to former customs chief Isidro Lapeña either

House to summon sacked cops, Customs broker over shabu shipments
House committee on dangerous drugs chairperson Robert Ace Barbers says they will continue establishing evidence for what they believe to be 'collusion' between the PDEA, BOC, and PNP

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