Police say many crimes have been sparked by drugs, the most abused of which is methamphetamine hydrochloride _ the " poor man's cocaine " known locally as " shabu ."
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Anti-narcotics agents arrested Pan at sundown Monday in suburban Makati while in possession of 23 kilograms ( 50.6 pounds ) of methamphetamine hydrochloride, a powerful stimulant, said police Narcotics Command director Rex Piad.
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Under Philippine law, the death penalty applies to possession of more than 200 grams ( 7 ounces ) of methamphetamine hydrochloride or 40 grams ( 1.4 ounces ) of cocaine, heroin, opium and morphine.
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When he was prevented from prescribing any listed dangerous drug, he began to prescribe Methedrine ( methamphetamine hydrochloride ) in injectable form in ever larger amounts, as this was not then regulated under the Dangerous Drugs Act.
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Interior and Local Government Secretary Rafael Alunan and police Director-General Recaredo Sarmiento led other officials in mixing methamphetamine hydrochloride, known here as " shabu, " into a vat of boiling water laced with cyanide.
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Police said the recovered drugs are thought to be part of shipment of up 400 kilograms ( 880 pounds ) of methamphetamine hydrochloride, called " shabu " in the Philippines and " ice " abroad.
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Ocampo said Hsiu handed over a kilogram ( 2.2 pounds ) of shabu, or methamphetamine hydrochloride crystal, worth 1 million pesos ( dlrs 41, 666 ) to a police agent who posed as a drugs buyer.
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Legarda said the biggest seizure comprised 17 drums of chemicals that could have been used to make 800 kilograms ( 1, 763 pounds ) of methamphetamine hydrochloride, or crystal methamphetamine, locally known as " shabu ."
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He was instrumental in the crafting of other laws that increased penalties for " jueteng " protectors and operators and strengthened the anti-drugs campaign, such as including possession of 10 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride as a nonbailable offense.
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The methamphetamine hydrochloride, or " poor man's cocaine, " worth U . S . dlrs 1.5 million, was divided into six bags hidden in a suitcase and a traveling bag, it said.
