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Consignee of high-grade ‘kush’ falls
Authorities at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) - Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) arrested the consignee of a package containing P1.4 million worth of high-grade marijuana in Pasay City.
The illegal drugs, originating from Thailand and declared as "clothes", were discovered through a collaborative effort involving profiling, X-ray screening, K9 inspection, and physical examination.
The BOC-NAIA, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Force were involved in the operation.
The consignee and the confiscated kush were turned over to the PDEA for inquest proceedings, facing charges for violating laws on dangerous drugs and customs.
BOC Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio emphasized the importance of inter-agency collaboration in preventing the smuggling of illegal drugs into the country.
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