The Bureau of Customs (BOC) mentioned on Sunday that it intercepted P38.8 million price of dried marijuana on the Manila Worldwide Container Port (MICP) from Thailand.
In accordance with the BOC, the cargo was declared as plastic tableware, kitchen utensils, blankets, males's footwear, amongst different merchandise. The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) mentioned it obtained info containing “unlawful medication, incorrect and undeclared objects”.
“The preliminary X-ray scanning of the cargo final July 31 and August 1 resulted within the detection of suspected dried marijuana in 78 packing containers,” mentioned CIIS director Verne Enciso.
“This was additionally confirmed through the 100% bodily examination final August 2, the place a complete of 99 items of heat-sealed packages had been discovered to include marijuana,” he added.
The BOC mentioned that marijuana was particularly recognized in a big field that had 27 items of heat-sealed plastic packages; a king-size field containing 40 items of heat-sealed plastic packages; and a king-size field stuffed with 32 items of heat-sealed plastic packets.
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