Manila, March 9 -- Authorities seized 400 grams of shabu valued at PHP2.7 million in a buy-bust on Saturday afternoon in Purok 4, Barangay Holy Redeemer here.

The Butuan City Police Office (BCPO) identified the arrested suspects as alias Sanse, 31, from Marawi City; alias Ram, 41, a security guard from this city; and alias Letty, 40, from Occidental Mindoro.

Police said the three suspects are included in the list of high-value targets in the illegal drug trade.

Seized from the suspects were various-sized plastic sachets containing suspected shabu.

"This arrest reaffirms our commitment to combat illegal drugs," BCPO chief Col. Rommel Villamor said in a press release.

The suspects are in police custody facing drug charges, while the c...