Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/01/12
By: Emerson Lim and Lilian Wu

Manila, Jan. 12 (CNA) Philippine law enforcement authorities, acting on

(Photo courtesy of the Philippine authorities)

information supplied by Taiwan, raided a warehouse Tuesday that had been turned into a narcotics-producing plant in the suburbs of Manila.

During the raid in Valenzuela, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Philippine National Police Anti-Illegal Drugs Group also seized a large quantity of drug processing equipment, raw materials and around 36 kilograms of amphetamine with a street value of around 144 million pesos (US$3.03 million).

According to initial reports, law enforcement officers arrested two Chinese people and were tracking down other suspects who had gone on the run.     [FULL  STORY]