ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 3 -- Anti-narcotics operatives here busted four big-time illegal drug peddlers and seized a record-breaking 21.4 kilos of suspected shabu with a street value of PHP145.5 million on Thursday night.

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 9 Director Maharani Gadaoni-Tosoc said it was the biggest illegal drug haul in the history of PDEA in Zamboanga Peninsula.

The four arrested drug peddlers were identified as Wilson Sahiban, 25; Junjimar Hajili Aiyob, 29; Jimy Sahibol, 30; and Abdurahman Abdulhakim, 27.

Also confiscated from the suspects during the 7 p.m. buy-bust in Sallam Drive, Barangay Mampang, were a 45-caliber pistol, magazine, and live ammunition

Tosoc said the suspects would be charged with violation...