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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1768361304380616132640_1392794276229158_5140100865324714054_n (1).jpg" style="width:960px;display:block;height:auto" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Courtesy of Southern Police District (SPD)</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — The Southern Police District (SPD) on Tuesday night seized around 12 kilograms of suspected shabu worth an estimated P81.6 million during an operation in Barangay 76, Pasay City.</p><p>SPD also arrested a newly identified high-value individual in the operation that was carried out at about 11:00 p.m., Brig. Gen. Randy Arceo said.</p><div><span style="background-color:transparent">Operatives of Sub-Station 10 of the Pasay City Police Station acted on validated intelligence information from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Group–Special Operations Unit 3, relayed through a confidential informant.</span></div><p>The informant reported that a woman was allegedly delivering illegal drugs in the area and provided a detailed description of the suspect. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2026/1/12/over-p7-m-worth-of-shabu-seized-from-high-value-individual-in-bohol-1316">Over P7-M worth of shabu seized from high-value individual in Bohol</a></div><p>Police immediately proceeded to the target location where they positively identified and arrested the suspect, identified only by the alias &quot;Farhanie,&quot; 26.</p><p>During the encounter, officers spotted two green eco-bags in plain view in the suspect’s possession. </p><p>Upon inspection, the bags were found to contain six large heat-sealed vacuum packs of a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu. </p><p>Each pack weighed approximately two kilograms, totaling about 12 kilograms of alleged illegal drugs.</p><p>The seized suspected shabu will be submitted to the SPD Forensic Unit for laboratory examination. </p><p>Inquest proceedings are set to be conducted before the Pasay City Prosecutor&#x27;s Office.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>OTHER NEWS</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R-jahSjF2pU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The informant reported that a woman was allegedly delivering illegal drugs in the area and provided a detailed description of the suspect. </p>

The informant reported that a woman was allegedly delivering illegal drugs in the area and provided a detailed description of the suspect.

P81.6-M worth of suspected shabu seized in Pasay; high-value individual arrested

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P81.6-M worth of suspected shabu seized in Pasay; high-value individual arrested

Jeff Caparas,

ABS-CBN News

Published January 14, 2026 12:05 PM PHT

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