COTABATO CITY, May 2 -- Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) seized suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP13.6 million in Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao del Norte provinces on Wednesday.

PDEA-BARMM Director Gil Cesario Castro said in Lanao del Sur, suspected shabu, valued at PHP6.8 million, was seized from a lone drug peddler who sold the illegal stuff to an undercover agent in Barangay Biaba-Damag, Marawi City at 6 p.m.

"We recovered and confiscated 10 pieces of small plastic bags containing shabu weighing about 1,000 grams," Castro said in a statement Thursday.

He identified the arrested suspect as Alpatan Tomawis Abdulaziz, 33, of Barangay ...