The seized packets of Ecstasy tablets
CLARK FREEPORT – Ecstasy party drugs worth some P16.9 million were intercepted by the Bureau of Customs-Port of Clark and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 3 last Wednesday.
Seized were 9,917 and approximately 31 broken tablets of the drug, according to Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero.
The illegal drugs were concealed inside four bedsheets in a shipment declared as “Bed Sheets, Lady Bag, Watch, Shoes, Cloth” shipped from Brussels, Belgium which was subjected to X-ray inspection and physical examination.
It was upon physical examination that a Customs examiner noticed the unusual packaging wrapped around the four bed sheets, prompting him to open the same where he found colored tablets suspected to be Ecstasy.
Immediate K-9 sweeping and initial field testing by Customs Anti-Illegal Drug Task Force (CADTF) and gave positive indications for presence of illegal drugs. The samples were turned over to PDEA for the conduct of chemical laboratory analysis which confirmed that the tablets were indeed Methylenedioxymethamphetamine or Ecstasy.
District Collector Alexandra Lumontad issued a warrant of seizure and detention against the subject shipment for violation of Sections 1400, 118 (g), 119 (d) and 1113 par. f, i & l (3 & 4) of RA 10863 (Customs Modernization and Tariff Act) in relation to RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002).
On Nov. 5, a controlled delivery operation was conducted by joint elements of PDEA, CAIDTF, Enforcement and Security Service, and Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service to the consignee’s address at Barangay Tatalon, Quezon City which resulted to the arrest of the claimant.
The subject illegal drugs are set to be turned over to PDEA pursuant to Customs Administrative Order No. 03-2020 and the claimant will be subjected to inquest proceedings.
“The Port of Clark, under the leadership of Commissioner Guerrero, will continuously intensify its effort against illegal drugs through consistent coordination with PDEA and CAIDTF to support the continuing war of President Rodrigo Duterte against prohibited drugs,” said BOC-Clark in a statement. With BOC-Clark
