Manila, Sept. 18 -- Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 11 (Davao Region) confiscated PHP4.6 million worth of suspected shabu from a high-value drug target during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Canocotan, Tagum City, on Thursday morning.

In an interview with the Philippine News Agency, PDEA-11 spokesperson Nephi Noli Dimaandal identified the suspect as alias "Buloy," 41, labeled as a major drug dealer and a key figure in the regional drug trade.

Dimaandal said the suspect was arrested after selling one plastic sachet containing five grams of suspected "shabu" to an undercover PDEA agent.

"He has been under surveillance for a long time. He moves around from place to place, and finally, we got him," Dimaandal said, ...