MANILA, Philippines — Over P10-million worth of chemical precursors and laboratory equipment were seized in an operation to serve a seizure warrant on a suspected illegal drug laboratory in Caloocan City on Saturday, January 24.
Mayor Dave Gonzalo Malapitan and members of the Northern Police District (NPD) served the warrant on the suspected laboratory and storage area in Bagong Silang.
Malapitan was joined by his father, District 1 Rep. Oscar Malapitan, in serving the seizure warrant issued by Caloocan Regional Trial Court Judge Rodolfo Azucena Jr. on a rented room, which turned out to be an illegal drug storage in Barangay (village) 176-D.
No one was arrested during the operation, but lawmen seized two containers of liquid chemical substances believed to be phenylacetone.
Col. Joey Goforth, city police chief, said laboratory-grade glass flasks, separatory funnels, electric heating mantles, a stainless-steel heating and mixing base unit, and other equipment used in drug production were also confiscated.
The Malapitans commended the police for the swift and efficient conduct of the anti-illegal drug operation.
“The illegal drug trade will never have a place in the city. Our lawmen have been closely watching all suspicious places all over the city to go after suspected drug personalities without let-up,” the mayor said.