Two kilos of “shabu” or P10 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride were recovered in the house of a former mayor of Marawi City by members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) conducting house to house clearing operations, an official said on Friday.

Chief Inspector William Santos, chief of the drug enforcement group in Mindanao, said Omar Ali Solitario has been identified as the “financier” of the Maute Group that attacked Marawi last May 23 and which has been fighting government troops since then.

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