POLICE RAID SUSPECTED SHABU FACTORY IN TONDO

Police operatives seized several drums of alleged shabu precursors and
other equipment from a suspected shabu laboratory in Tondo, Manila
yesterday afternoon.

Sketchy reports revealed the raided warehouse is located along 1753
Jose Abad Santos Avenue cor. Quiricada St.

Initial investigation disclosed the said warehouse has already been
abandoned for several months but was traced to be owned by a certain
Eugene Tan.

Police seized four drums of alleged precursor materials, strainers,
evaporators, plastic containers and packing materials reportedly used
in the "purifying" of raw shabu.

Scene of the Crime Office (Soco) operatives are now examining the
seized substance at the Camp Crame Crime Laboratory in Quezon City.

Police said Tan was not in the premises when the raid was conducted.

It was gathered the suspect's illicit operation only became known to
them when a certain Lucia Tan, registered owner of the warehouse,
reported smelling foul chemical odor coming from the warehouse.