LEGAZPI CITY, April 18 -- Some PHP1.6 million worth of illegal drugs were seized during police operations in Bicol Region on April 10 to 16.

Brig. Gen. Westrimundo Obinque, Police Regional Office-Bicol director, said Tuesday that 241.37 grams of shabu and 12 pieces of cultivated marijuana worth PHP1.640 million were confiscated during 17 operations.

"The highlight of these accomplishments was the arrest of father and son drug pushers, Jacob Canoy 28, and Manuel Canoy, 57, on April 13, 2023, at Purok 3, Barangay Bolod, San Pascual, Masbate, with PHP856,106.40 worth of shabu found in their possession," he said in a report.

In Tiwi, Albay, 25-year-old Jomar Dalmacio of Barangay Baybay was nabbed with 50 grams of shabu worth PHP340,000.

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