A TAIWANESE who allegedly runs a big-time drug trafficking operations in the country has been arrested by a joint team of drug-enforcement agents in Parañaque City over the weekend.

Chih Chien Yang alias Jeff Yang, was arrested by  agents of the police Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in a raid at his house on 19-B Humility Street, Multinational Village, Parañaque City, on Saturday.

Investigators said the foreigner was also involved in the illegal manufacture of fake automated teller machine cards and passports, an activity he allegedly used to raise funds for his illegal drugs operations.

Yang was presented on Monday to the National Police chief, Director General Avelino Razon Jr., who commended the agents.

Razon said Yang’s arrest proves the police’s resolve to go after criminals involved in nefarious activities like drug trafficking. He also prodded the policemen to carry out more operations against drug traffickers.

“We shall continue to wage an intensified war against illegal drugs in coordination with PDEA in order to put behind bars these big-time operators that supplies small-time pushers,” Razon said.

During the raid, which was backed by a search warrant issued by Judge Reynaldo Ros of Branch 33 of the Regional Trial Court in Manila, the agents seized some 70 kilos of a substance believed to be ketamine packed in five transparent plastic bags. The captured drugs had an estimated street value of P350 million.

The policemen also found out that Yang is the subject of several warrants of arrest issued by different courts in Manila, Cebu City and Pasig City. However, he was allowed to post bail for his temporary liberty in the cases covered by those warrants.

Senior Supt. Nicanor Bartolome, National Police spokesman, said, “given the numerous cases filed against Yang and the big amount of illegal drugs found in his possession,” the force hopes that he would be kept in jail without bail this time.

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