Customs seizes drugs at NAIA
Two shipments bound for New Zealand, declared as taekwondo training foams, were used to hide shabu weighing 828 grams with an estimated value of P5.6 million.
Daily TribuneTwo shipments bound for New Zealand, declared as taekwondo training foams, were used to hide shabu weighing 828 grams with an estimated value of P5.6 million.
Illegal drugs in two outbound and four inbound parcels were seized by the Bureau of Customs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, with the drugs being turned over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
The BoC NAIA office, PDEA and the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group seized the drugs last 9 December.
Two shipments bound for New Zealand, declared as taekwondo training foams, were used to hide shabu weighing 828 grams with an estimated value of P5.6 million, the BoC said in a statement.
Likewise, four inbound parcels were intercepted at the Central Mail Exchange Center with 1,676 grams of shabu from Mexico hidden in "tamarind balls."
The drugs from Mexico was estimated to be worth P17 million.
Furthermore, a total of 44 cartridges containing cannabis oil were also found in three packages from the United States.
Authorities are looking for the personalities behind the shipments so they can be charged under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, and the Customs Modernization And Tariff Act.
BoC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz vowed customs personnel would remain vigilant to stop the ports all over the country from being used as entry and exit points for drugs.
