MANILA: The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) intercepted a parcel containing some PHP111 million worth of shabu at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) complex in Pasay City on Tuesday.PDEA said its agents, together with NAIA-Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group, found the contraband hidden in wax inside a shipment containing five hand-made paintings at a cargo warehouse inside the complex at about 3 p.m.The contraband has a total gross weight of 16.34 kg.The PDEA said the parcel was declared "handmade cultural craft paintings" shipped from Mexico and consigned to a male recipient from Barangay Gaya-Gaya, San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan.The pieces of evidence were brought to the PDEA office for proper documentation and disposition.Source: Philippines News Agency
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P111-M shabu concealed in paintings from Mexico seized at NAIA
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