Manila, July 14 -- Three suspects were arrested and PHP5.9 million worth of suspected shabu were seized in separate anti-drug operations in Lanao del Norte over the weekend, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Zamboanga Peninsula (PDEA-9) reported Monday.

PDEA-Zamboanga Peninsula identified the arrested suspects by their aliases as Macarambon, 39; Abdullah, 38; and Jen-je, 29, a female.

Macarambon was arrested in an entrapment operation in Barangay Poblacion, Kolambugan on Sunday, where a PDEA agent acted as the buyer. "Seized from Macarambon were some 500 grams of suspected shabu worth PHP3.4 million, the boodle money, a mobile phone, and a driver's license," the agency said in its report.

Meanwhile, PDEA-9 said that Abdullah an...