Probe of shabu smuggling in Subic expands
The chief of the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group has asked the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority to identify all associates of a businessman behind the smuggling of more than 700 kilograms of shabu at the Subic Bay Freeport.
The illegal drugs seized in the freeport last week, officially weighing 714.66 kg, were said to be the biggest haul of high-grade shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in the country. The PASG initially reported that the haul weighed about 770 kg.
PASG chief Antonio Villar Jr. gave the order ahead of the signing of a memorandum of agreement for the partnership of PASG, PDEA and SBMA in stopping the entry of illegal drugs through the freeport, a former United States naval base in Zambales.
Villar said the illegal drugs seized on Tuesday and Wednesday last week indicated the “boldness” of the suspect, Anton Ang, in conducting his illicit trade.
Ang associates
“We will have to identify, if possible question, the associates of Ang in business or in politics so that we can determine his connections or clarify the involvement of people reportedly linked to him,” Villar said in a telephone interview on Monday.
Citing ongoing operations, Villar declined to give the names of people associated with Ang.
The case for illegal drug trading filed at the Olongapo City prosecutor’s office on Friday showed at least 13 incorporators of Ang’s company, the Hua Long International Inc., which is based at the freeport.
Aside from Ang, the complaint listed the following incorporators: Estrella Ang, Harry Yao, Robert Lee, Rudy Chua, Chi Chang Cheng, Cai Wencong, Jou Jonq Rong, Yang Tren Yeng, Jou Jer Woel, Wu Jia Duo, Ho Li Lin and Li Jin Zhan.
Hua Long is registered at the SBMA as an importer of cigarettes and liquor from China, transshipping those to other Asian countries, corporate records showed. It has been doing business at the freeport in the last four years.
Ang, together with his family, left their house in West Bajac Bajac in Olongapo City last week.
His neighbors, however, were surprised when they learned that Ang was behind the illegal drugs shipment.
“We were shocked when we heard the news about the shabu seizure. We could not believe that Mr. Ang could have been involved. He seemed like a really nice man. He’s kind and law abiding,” said Eliza Tamaño, barangay secretary of West Bajac Bajac.
Tamaño said Ang, whose family has lived in the village for more than 10 years, always helped out in their activities.
No bad record
“He was very active in the community… On Tuesday, when the news broke, they (Ang and his family) all disappeared. They left the community projects they were involved in,” she said.
Ang, according to Tamaño, had no “derogatory record” in their village.
Laboratory tests conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation showed the recovered shabu to be “98 percent high grade.”
Valued at P4.6 billion, its street worth could triple if distributors modified the composition of the substance, Villar said.
Chief Supt. Errol Pan, Central Luzon police director, said the contraband was possibly manufactured overseas.
By Tonette Orejas - Inquirer Central Luzon Desk
With reports from Robert Gonzaga, Inquirer Central Luzon
The illegal drugs seized in the freeport last week, officially weighing 714.66 kg, were said to be the biggest haul of high-grade shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in the country. The PASG initially reported that the haul weighed about 770 kg.
PASG chief Antonio Villar Jr. gave the order ahead of the signing of a memorandum of agreement for the partnership of PASG, PDEA and SBMA in stopping the entry of illegal drugs through the freeport, a former United States naval base in Zambales.
Villar said the illegal drugs seized on Tuesday and Wednesday last week indicated the “boldness” of the suspect, Anton Ang, in conducting his illicit trade.
Ang associates
“We will have to identify, if possible question, the associates of Ang in business or in politics so that we can determine his connections or clarify the involvement of people reportedly linked to him,” Villar said in a telephone interview on Monday.
Citing ongoing operations, Villar declined to give the names of people associated with Ang.
The case for illegal drug trading filed at the Olongapo City prosecutor’s office on Friday showed at least 13 incorporators of Ang’s company, the Hua Long International Inc., which is based at the freeport.
Aside from Ang, the complaint listed the following incorporators: Estrella Ang, Harry Yao, Robert Lee, Rudy Chua, Chi Chang Cheng, Cai Wencong, Jou Jonq Rong, Yang Tren Yeng, Jou Jer Woel, Wu Jia Duo, Ho Li Lin and Li Jin Zhan.
Hua Long is registered at the SBMA as an importer of cigarettes and liquor from China, transshipping those to other Asian countries, corporate records showed. It has been doing business at the freeport in the last four years.
Ang, together with his family, left their house in West Bajac Bajac in Olongapo City last week.
His neighbors, however, were surprised when they learned that Ang was behind the illegal drugs shipment.
“We were shocked when we heard the news about the shabu seizure. We could not believe that Mr. Ang could have been involved. He seemed like a really nice man. He’s kind and law abiding,” said Eliza Tamaño, barangay secretary of West Bajac Bajac.
Tamaño said Ang, whose family has lived in the village for more than 10 years, always helped out in their activities.
No bad record
“He was very active in the community… On Tuesday, when the news broke, they (Ang and his family) all disappeared. They left the community projects they were involved in,” she said.
Ang, according to Tamaño, had no “derogatory record” in their village.
Laboratory tests conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation showed the recovered shabu to be “98 percent high grade.”
Valued at P4.6 billion, its street worth could triple if distributors modified the composition of the substance, Villar said.
Chief Supt. Errol Pan, Central Luzon police director, said the contraband was possibly manufactured overseas.
By Tonette Orejas - Inquirer Central Luzon Desk
With reports from Robert Gonzaga, Inquirer Central Luzon
Interview by Anthony Taberna ABS CBN Umagang Kay Ganda to PDEA Chief Santiago and SBMA Administrator Armand Arreza
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