Manila, May 27 -- Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives seized shabu worth PHP1.054 billion in Angeles City, Pampanga on Monday.

In a statement on Tuesday, PDEA Director General Isagani Nerez said the illegal drugs placed inside 155 transparent plastic bags weighing one kilogram each were seized during the implementation of a search warrant inside a house along Orchid Street, Timog Hills Subdivision, Barangay Pampang, Angeles City.

The house turned out to be abandoned, and the subject of the search warrant, a Chinese national, was nowhere in sight and remains at large.

The Chinese national will be facing charges for violation of Section 11 (possession of dangerous drugs), Article II of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehen...