Binati at pinasalamatan ni Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon ang Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) dahil sa matagumpay na anti-drug operations na nagresulta sa pagkakatiklo ng "shabu laboratory" sa isang exclusive subdivision ng lungsod, Biyernes, Nobyembre 18.
Dakong alas-12:30 ng umaga, ni-raid ng operatiba ng PDEA, Bureau of Customs' Custom Anti-Illegal Drug Task Force (CAIDTF), Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Navy, at National Intelligence Coordinating Agency ang isang bahay sa Mabolo Street sa Ayala Alabang Village.
Nakumpiska ang 20 kilos ng pinaghihinalaang shabu na nagkakahalagang P136 milyon.
Kinilala ni PDEA RO-NCR Regional Director Christian Frivaldo ang mga suspek na sina Aurelien Cythere, 41, residente ng Ayala Alabang Village at Mark Anthony Sarayot, 42, businessman, at residente ng Barangay Ugong, Pasig City.
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Sa isang Facebook post, binati at pinasalamatan ni Biazon ang PDEA.
"We congratulate and thank the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency for the successful anti-drug operations they conducted in one of the exclusive, private and most secured residential subdivisions in our city," ani Biazon.
"The City Government of Muntinlupa has always welcomed with full cooperation the efforts and operations of the national government’s anti-drugs enforcement agencies. We have also consistently implemented supply- and demand-reduction strategies to protect Muntinlupeños against illegal drugs, recently affirmed by the DILG when our (DAPCO) was hailed as Highly Functional.
"This raid on a clandestine shabu lab right inside a supposedly serene and safe residential subdivision should be a wake-up call to its residents and community leaders that danger lurks within the confines of their community.
"This is not the first time it has happened and if they don’t heighten their vigilance and take proactive measures to guard the subdivision against drug traffickers, it will happen again. We encourage them to know their neighbors and be open to cooperate with authorities.
"We call on property owners and managers to ensure that their properties are not utilized for illegal purposes. At this time, each and every rented or vacant property should be checked and profiled to rule out its use by criminal elements.
"The safety and security of communities is the mission and duty of our law enforcement units. But it will take a whole-of-city approach to beat illegal drugs," paglalahad ng alkalde.
Sasampahan ng kasong paglabag sa Republic Act 9165 (The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002).
