4 Chinese in Makati drug bust charged

MANILA, Philippines - Four Chinese arrested in a drug bust in Makati City Saturday with 26 kilos of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu were charged yesterday before the city’s prosecutor’s office.

Sonny Cabrera Ng, alias Shi Shuang Wu, 50; Yan Chin Ti, 26; Shengxi Li, 30, and Sonny Co, 26, all natives of Fukien, were charged with the sale, trading, dispensation, delivery and possession of illegal drugs.

National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) director Chief Superintendent Alan Purisima said the four Chinese refused to divulge the source of the shabu confiscated from them, which has a street value of P130 million, and their contacts.

The four suspects are currently detained at the NCRPO headquarters in Taguig City pending their commitment to a detention cell as prescribed by a Makati City court.