The drug-dealing activities of three Nigerians came to an abrupt end following buy-bust operations resulting in their arrest and the seizure of million worth of ecstasy tablets and shabu.
The raids were conducted by operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 4 in Barangay Molino 3 and 2 in Bacoor City on Friday (Feb. 28).
The suspects, identified as Ikechukwu D Owoh alias Ik, 30, student, of Progressive 3 Village, Brgy. Molino 1, Bacoor City; Stanley Chinedu Emone, 34, of Magdiwang Road, also of Brgy. Molino; and Keneth Chukwudi Divine, 23, of Block 4 Lot 8 Magdiwang Road in Brgy. Molino 2.
Police report stated that Emone and Ikechukwu were nabbed in a buy-bust operation at a gas station in Molina early Friday night.
Divine was collared in the second operation on Magdiwang Road in Brgy. Molino 2 shortly before midnight of the same day.
Police said at least 4,663 tablet of ecstasy pills worth P10 million were confiscated from the suspects.
Also seized were several plastic bags of powder ecstasy, plastic bags of shabu, two weighing scales, Nigeria passports, three cellphones, and a metallic gray car with license plate NED 1776.
The suspects have been submitted to inquest by the Bacoor City prosecutor.
Editor’s Note: This is an updated article. Originally posted with the headline: “PDEA seizes P10-m worth of illegal drugs in Cavite buy-bust”