Manila, April 10 -- Seven people, including a couple, were arrested and PHP1.4-million worth of suspected shabu were seized in separate drug operations in Maguindanao and this city on Friday, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency - Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) has reported.

Anthony Naive, head of PDEA-Maguindanao, on Saturday identified the couple as Kal Zainal and his wife Muslima, both residents of Datu Salibo, Maguindanao.

"The couple was arrested during the 5:30 p.m. drug buy-bust in the adjacent town of Datu in the same province," Naive told reporters in an interview. The operation was carried out along Datu Piang Road in Barangay Kangguan of Datu Piang town.

He said the operation was launched after ...