P5.6 million worth of shabu recovered from Chinese

By Ronron
June 3, 2005

Police operatives recovered on Thursday afternoon four kilos of shabu, worth P5.6 million, from an undocumented Chinese national during an entrapment operation at the parking lot of SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City.

Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Director Chief Supt. Ricardo Dapat identified the suspect as Chi Hong Wong, 23, who was being tracked down initially for alleged gunrunning.

Dapat said CIDG operatives were about to approach Wong at the parking area of said mall past 5 pm the other day when the latter ran towards his Honda car, grabbed his Desert Eagle pistol caliber 99 mm, and tried to shoot it out with the law enforcers.

But the policemen responded quickly and subdued him, leading to his capture.

The CIDG operatives later found a bag inside Wong’s car that contained white crystalline substance, examined later to be methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu.

Wong was not able to present any document or passport when asked for any.

He was charged for violation of Presidential Decree 1866 (Illegal Possession of Firearms) and of the Dangerous Drugs Act at the Mandaluyong City Prosecutor’s Office, and was not granted bail by Prosecutor Elenita Dumaguile for his temporary freedom./DMS