CAMP OLIVAS, Nov. 27 -- Authorities arrested three suspects and confiscated over PHP1 million worth of illegal drugs during separate operations in Pampanga and Nueva Ecija provinces, the Police Regional Office (PRO) 3 (Central Luzon) reported Thursday.

At 4 a.m. Thursday in Pampanga, operatives of the City Police Drug Enforcement Unit (CPDEU)of the Angeles City Police Office, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-3 conducted a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pampang and arrested two suspects, including a Korean national.

Seized from the suspects were 30 grams of ketamine, 100 tablets of ecstasy pills, one bottle of liquid ecstasy substance, and several marijuana vape products.

Authorities estimated the total value of the confiscate...