A Nigerian man and his Malagasy lover have been arrested in
Quezon City in the Philippines with illicit drugs worth about 489 million
Naira.
Nigerian Lawrence Ikegwuruka Obinna, 27, and Michaella
Agustine, 23, from Madagascar, both residing at the same address in Cavite,
were nabbed after being placed under surveillance for three months.
They were arrested on the morning of Tuesday, February 11,
by the Joint Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Philippine National
Police operatives who seized around 10kilograms of methamphetamine worth PHP68
million (about N489million) from them during a buy-bust operation in Quezon
City.
Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas, chief of the National Capital Region
Police Office (NCRPO), confirmed the arrest.
Both will be facing non-bailable charges for trafficking and
possession of dangerous drugs.
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