P20.4-M ‘shabu’ netted off Tawi-Tawi waters

Inquirer.net - Sep 29, 2026

COTABATO CITY — Anti-narcotics agents, backed by Philippine Marines and police, seized over P20.4 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in the seas off Tawi-Tawi on Monday, an official said. Abraham “Datu” Kalim, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) Tawi-Tawi provincial officer, said that an

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