PDEA agents arrest 5 HK nationals, confiscate 107 kilos of shabu in condominium

September 26, 2018

Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Tuesday night arrested five Hong Kong nationals and confiscated around 107 kilos of suspected shabu worth P727.6 million inside a condominium in Pasay City.

PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino led anti-narcotics officers implementing a search warrant in a unit at the Oceanaire Luxurious Residences located at the Mall of Asia Complex at around 8:30 p.m.

“This is a product of our collaboration with China,” Aquino said in a phone interview, adding it took them four months of surveillance operations to crack the drug syndicate.

Aquino said the syndicate selected the building as a base of their operations to avoid detection by authorities. "We think their market is here," he said. DMS