Councilor’s house yields P80,000 shabu

SANTIAGO, Ilocos Sur, Philippines   â€“ Authorities seized P80,000 worth of shabu from the house of a municipal councilor and her husband, a former village chief, in Barangay Poblacion Norte here the other day, police said.

Senior Inspector Roderick Vintero, Santiago police chief, said a search in the house of councilor Lilia Tengsico and her husband, former barangay chairman Renato Tengsico, yielded several sachets of shabu and drug paraphernalia.     

Vintero said agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the local police were armed with a search warrant when they entered the Tengsicos’ house.