'SHABU' SEIZED. About PHP6.9 million worth of suspected shabu, weighing more than 1 kg., was seized during a buy-bust operation in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental on Tuesday evening (Feb. 8, 2023). The suspect was previously arrested in 2012, also due to the illegal drug trade, but was released in 2016 after a plea bargain. (Photo courtesy of PDEA) DUMAGUETE CITY - Government operatives arrested a "plea bargainer" and seized from him about 1 kg. of suspected shabu worth more than PHP6.9-million during a buy-bust operation in this Negros Oriental provincial capital Tuesday evening. A report from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) - Negros Oriental said 54-year-old Fernando Saga was arrested in a joint operation in Sitio Canday-ong in Barangay Calindagan here at about 10:50 p.m. PDEA-Negros Oriental Director Elmer Ebona said in an interview that Saga was under close surveillance for six months up to the time of his arrest and is one of the "big fish"