Fishermen on Monday, October 14 turned over to authorities some 2,150 grams of suspected shabu worth P14.62 million reportedly recovered in the waters off Zambales and Bataan provinces. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Central Luzon said that eight fishermen from Barangay Matain in Subic, Zambales, found two plastic bags containing roughly 1,800 grams of suspected shabu worth P12.24 million, floating near Lubang Island. Later that day at around 7:04 pm, a fisherman from Barangay Camaya in Mariveles, Bataan, recovered a plastic bag containing around 350 grams of suspected shabu worth P2.38 million.

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