Pubdate: Mon, 04 Apr 2005
Source: Sun.Star Cebu (Philippines)
Copyright: 2005 Sun.Star
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Author: Ben O. Tesiorna
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MAYOR, POLICE MONITOR ANOTHER SHABU LAB

DAVAO CITY -- Authorities are monitoring another illegal drugs
laboratory run by foreigners and operating outside Davao City,
according to Mayor Rodrigo Duterte Sunday.

Though not revealing its location, Duterte said Oriental-looking
foreigners are involved in the production of methamphetamine
hydrochloride (locally known as shabu) in the laboratory.

"They come here and manufacture illegal drugs as if there are no
laws," the mayor said.

Duterte warned the foreigners to stop their illegal activity
immediately or suffer the same fate that befell the six
Oriental-looking foreigners who died in a raid at a shabu laboratory
in Dumoy, Toril last December 31.

He told local partners of the foreigners to translate his threats to
them.

Duterte earlier said that if he caught anyone operating a shabu
laboratory in the city, he would tie that person to the machines and
set him or her on fire. This time, the mayor said he is expanding his
coverage to include those shabu manufacturers operating elsewhere in
the country.

The Dumoy raid was conducted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
(PDEA) 11, the Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force, and
the intelligence operatives of the Police Regional Office.

Police recovered 76 kilos of suspected shabu worth more than P152
million in street value.

Superintendent Wilkins Villanueva, PDEA 11 director, said police were
forced to shoot at the operators of the shabu laboratory after they
resisted arrest and fired at authorities.

Six suspected drug dealers died while they were rushed to the Davao
Sanitarium Hospital for treatment, while suspected laboratory owner
Alan Sy has not been heard of since.

The mayor refused to categorically state what happened to Sy, but he
has often repeated that all the suspects have been accounted for when
he called President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to inform her about the
New Year's Eve bust. 
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