P16.7-M cocaine discovery prompts probe in Quezon island town

P16.7-M cocaine discovery prompts probe in Quezon island town

LUCENA CITY, QUEZON, Philippines — Authorities are investigating how cocaine worth P16.7 million was washed ashore in the island town of Patnanungan, Quezon, on Good Friday. “We are proceeding to Patnanungan to conduct further investigation and an information drive, in case others may have recovered similar items and can voluntarily surrender them,” Quezon police chief Col. Romulo Albacea told the Inquirer in a phone interview. Albacea said labo…