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Inquirer.net - Oct 24, 2026

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur— Police arrested a 33-year-old businessman in a drug buy-bust operation in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, on Thursday. In a report on Friday, the Sarrat Municipal Police Station seized five heat-sealed plastic sachets containing suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) weighing a total of 1.61 grams. Police also recovered drug-using paraphernalia, a mobile phone, a

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