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P235-M ketamine seized in Manila

The Philippine Star

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June 08, 2024

Anti-narcotics agents confiscated 47 kilos of ketamine valued at P235 million from two Pakistanis in a drug sting in Malate, Manila on Thursday night.

- EMMANUEL TUPAS

P235-M ketamine seized in Manila

Zahid Rafique Pasha, 50, and Akram Muhammad Faheem, 59, were apprehended by operatives of the Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) in a hotel along Roxas Boulevard in Barangay 699 at past 9 p.m.

The illegal drugs were placed in vacuum-sealed plastic bags that were seized from the foreigners following a transaction with police officers posing as drug buyers.

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