Philippine authorities have reported an increase to six cases of fuel hoarding and profiteering, following a recent buy-bust operation in Ligao City where a man was entrapped for allegedly possessing P2 million worth of fuel.

LEGAZPI CITY – Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 5 (Bicol) arrested a female job order employee found in possession of more than P1.3 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Ligao City, Albay, on Wednesday. The PDEA-5, in a report on Thursday, identified the arrested suspect only as alias Nef,

A businessman was apprehended in Ligao City, Philippines, during an entrapment operation for allegedly selling P2 million worth of petroleum products to an undercover police operative.

A historical milestone from March 24, 2001, is recalled, marking the conversion of Ligao in Albay into a component city through a plebiscite ratifying Republic Act No. 9008, signed by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.