Government operatives seized some P5.3 million worth of ecstasy tablets in Mabalacat City, Pampanga on Thursday, March 18 in a massive anti-illegal drug operation.
Joint operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) RO-NCR Seaport Interdiction Unit, PDEA RO III, Pampanga Provincial Police Office, Bureau of Customs, Philpost Inspectorate Service, and the Mabalacat City police arrested Agatha Palen Lavadia, 27, of C-2 Feliciano Compound Brgy Dau, Mabalacat City in the City Post Office located at the 2nd-floor Market of Brgy San Francisco, Mabalacat City.
Seized were more or less 3,100 pieces of ecstasy with a street value of P 5,270,000; one Iphone7; one Bureau of Internal Revenue ID; one Philpost Official Acknowledgment Receipt; one Registry Notice; one authorization letter; a photocopy of an ID of a certain Zhyrelle M. Ancheta; one Parcel Delivery Notice, and one signature record from courier service.
Charges for violation of Sec 4 (importation of illegal drugs) of RA 9165 is already being prepared against the suspects.
"With the constant arrest and neutralization of illegal drug personalities in the region as well as the unremitting commitment of all concerned agencies to stop its proliferation, illegal drug traders will have less opportunity to propagate illegal drugs," PRO3 Regional director Brig. Gen. Valeriano T. De Leon said.