Batangas-based person linked to billion-peso drug shipment

MANILA, Philippines — Authorities are investigating a Batangas-based individual who allegedly directed two Filipino men to “retrieve” two Chinese suspects linked to a massive drug shipment off Occidental Mindoro, as additional packs of suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) were recovered from nearby waters, military officials said on Thursday. Col. Michael Aquino, spokesperson of the Army’s 2nd