CLARK FREEPORT — A shipment of pillows was found to contain high-grade marijuana worth P708,000 during an interdiction operation conducted at around 10:45 AM on 3 July 2025 at the Port of Clark.

According to a belated report by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region III released Monday, the PDEA Clark team leader said the parcel originated from Michigan, USA, and was declared as “Sasstie Reading Pillows for Sitting in Bed Adult.”

“The package containing illegal drugs arrived at the Port of Clark last June 30 and was detected during a routine customs examination and X-ray scan. The drugs were not concealed, which resulted in their discovery by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) examiners,” the team leader added.

Roughly 472 grams of kush, valued at P708,000, were seized during the interdiction.

The confiscated drugs have been forwarded to the PDEA Region III laboratory for forensic testing and confirmation.

The successful operation was carried out through the coordinated efforts of the PDEA Clark International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (CRK IADITG), Bureau of Customs Port of Clark, NBI Pampanga District Office, and PNP Aviation Security Unit.