CITY OF MALOLOS, July 13 -- Authorities arrested an alleged high-level female drug trader in a drug bust in Barangay Tikay here on Sunday, that also resulted in the confiscation of PHP3.4 million worth of suspected shabu.

In a report, Lt. Col. Russel Reburiano, Chief of the Provincial Intelligence Unit-Bulacan, said the operation was conducted at around 12:20 a.m. by joint operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Bulacan, the Provincial Intelligence Unit, and the Malolos City Police.

The 27-year-old suspect was found in possession of one small heat-sealed plastic sachet and one large vacuum-sealed plastic sachet containing suspected shabu.

The seized drugs weighed approximately 500.42 grams, with an estimated stree...