The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has turned over P11 billion worth of illegal drugs to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
In a statement issued onTuesday, NBI Director Eric Distor said the turn-over of the illegal drugs to PDEA was in compliance with an order by the Regional Trial Court under the Fourth Judicial Region of Infanta, Quezon.
The turnover was done by the NBI Forensic Chemistry Division (FCD) that has custody of the illegal drugs involved 1,855.0 kilos of illegal drugs.
Distor said that on March 15, 2022, joint operatives of the NBI and the Task Force Against Illegal Drugs (NBI-TFAID) seized more than one ton of suspected illegal drugs worth P11 billion in Barangay Comon, Infanta, Quezon.
Distor said aside from operatives of TFAID, the dawn operation involved the Agents of NBI-Research and Analysis Division (RAD) and Lucena District Office (LUCDO), in coordination with PNP Infanta, Quezon and PDEA Lucena.
The operation also resulted in the arrest of 10 suspects caught in the act of transporting the contraband on board three vans.
Distor said the arrested Subjects were presented initial inquiry to the state prosecutor of Infanta, Quezon for alleged violation of the anti-drugs law.
Distor said the war against illegal drugs would be relentlessly pursued “as long as there are unscrupulous individuals who ply illegal drugs to the detriment of our society.”
He described the March 15 confiscation as “unprecedented and historic” considering the volume and amount of the contraband.