![“The Pharmally case... there are 46 respondents [in our complaint], kaya medyo matagal. And many of them have become invisible. Para bang they're trying to evade the jurisdiction of this body,” says Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla.](https://www.panaynews.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/plunder_copy_resized_resized-218x150.jpg "Ombudsman presses P11-B Pharmally plunder case But 23 respondents missing— Remulla")
BY MA. THERESA LADIAO
ILOILO – Officers of the Pavia Municipal Police Station (MPS) seized P489,600 worth of suspected shabu from a high-value drug suspect on Friday night, May 3.
Alias “Math,” a resident of the town’s Barangay Purok 2, was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mali-ao.
Pavia police recovered a total of nine plastic sachets of suspected shabu and drug paraphernalia.
The suspect was detained at the Pavia MPS, facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN
