Shown in the photograph 01 August is a tiny plastic packet containing the banned drug metamphetamine hydrochloride locally known as "shabu", and elsewhere as "ice", worth 500 pesos (18.00 USD), weighing about half gram which is sold to drug users. Drug addicts inhale the smoke when the crystalline powder is melted by a flame. President Fidel Ramos has launched an all-out war against illegal drugs particularly against shabu which has alarmingly spread all over the country. Mr. Ramos called the phenomenal growth of narcotics trade in the country as a "national security threat." AFP PHOTO / AFP PHOTO

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Dating drug surrenderee, kinasuhan it panibag-ong kaso sa pag baligya it suspected shabu

February 18, 2022

Kinasuhan eon it pag-eapas sa Republic Act 9165 o Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 ru suspek sa pag baligya it suspected shabu ag dating drug surrendere sa Purok 4 Brgy. Tigayon, Kalibo, Aklan.

Nakilaea ru kinasuhan nga si Jerry Melitante, 50 anyos, residente it nasambit man nga lugar, sangka construction worker ag naga kaayad it sapatos.

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Kun matandaan, nabue-an it 2 sachet ng suspected shabu nga naga balor it P5,000, drug paraphernalia at mark money si Melitante matapos maghimo it drug buy bust operation ru gin bilog nga pwersa it Kalibo MPS, Philippine Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) ag Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) .

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Nasayuran nga si Melitante hay dati eon nga nadakpan nga naga baligya it suspected shabu, dating drug surenderee ag nakalaya bangud sa plea bargaining.//MARIVIC Y. ILIN