NBI Sting Operation Uncovers Big Shabu Lab in San Juan; Six Arrested

Shabu Buy Bust in San Juan City, Philippines (ODN)
Shabu Buy Bust in San Juan City, Philippines (ODN)
The National Bureau of Investigation apprehended six people Friday afternoon, in San Juan City, Philippines via two different sting operations.

One NBI team caught a Taiwanese and three Filipino-Muslims outside the Jollibee branch in Anapolis Greenhills around 2:00 p.m. The suspects were on board a yellow Honda Jazz where six bags of Shabu were found. Each bag had between 16 to 17 packs of 1 kilogram contents, each estimated to be worth around PHP 5 million.

Following the arrest, the team proceeded to Little Baguio where another buy-bust operation also took place. The house located in Mangga St. was the home base of the suspects. Two Taiwanese nationals were apprehended.

Only the 10 bags from the buy-bust operation at Greenhills was accounted for with reportedly about 50 more bags being accounted for. Shabu-creation equipment, a Nissan Juke and a closed van were being inventoried as well as of this writing.

According to the NBI, this is now the biggest finished product Shabu buy-bust operation. They however added that there are more to come as they continue their surveillance in the fight against drugs in the metro.