Chinese nabbed in P15-million drug bust

The Philippine Star reports: “Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested a Chinese man for alleged possession of at least three kilos of shabu with an estimated street value of P15 million during a sting in Manila on Saturday night. The arrest of Jason Chen, 37, alias Xu Qingchu, of Alonzo street in Sta. Cruz, came after months of surveillance, according to PDEA public information chief Derrick Arnold Carreon. The PDEA agents, backed by members of the Manila Police District drug enforcement unit, apprehended Chen at the corner of Plaza del Carmen and Roxas Boulevard at around 7:30 p.m. Aside from shabu, authorities said they recovered the marked money and a white Hyundai Tucson believed used by the suspect in his drug deals.”