From left: Customs officials Major Jayvee Cometay, deputy commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno, district collector Ed Macabeo and enforcement director Butch Tibayan look at a seized package containing 1.2kg of the illegal drug “shabu” during a press conference at the Bureau of Customs’ office at the Manila airport yesterday. The illegal drugs with a street value of 5.5mn pesos (US$110,000), which were seized on March 2 hidden inside a backpack, along with wigs, will be turned over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to be destroyed. The Bureau of Customs has tightened its enforcement initiatives, as part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. Right: A customs police officer shows a package containing the illegal drug “shabu” hidden in candy wrappers.
March 09, 2017 | 10:28 PM