P109.8-m shabu seized from Pasay warehouse

AGENTS of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Monday (Oct. 6) seized some P109.8 million worth of shabu from a warehouse in Pasay City.

The contraband, declared as e-commerce consolidated packages, arrived from Hanoi, Vietnam.

Following the detection of suspicious images during x-ray screening, a thorough physical examination was conducted on the shipment, resulting in the discovery of three styrofoam boxes containing twenty-six packages of white crystalline substances concealed alongside packs of coffee powder.

Field testing conducted by CAIDTF and PDEA yielded positive results for methamphetamine hydrochloride, commonly known as shabu.