The seized contraband. Photos from BOC-Clark FB page
CLARK FREEPORT – A shipment declared as “art-work fine” from California, USA turned out to be actually containing 966 grams of marijuana with an estimated value of P1.1 million.
In a press release in its Facebook page, the Bureau of Customs-Port of Clark said strict profiling and X-ray examination were conducted on the shipment that arrived on June 9, yielding two vacuum-sealed plastic packs of suspected fine kush weeds. Kush is a strain of cannabis indica or marijuana.
The shipment was also subjected to K9 sniffing which determined the presence of the illegal drugs.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Region 3 conducted chemical analysis on the shipment with the results affirming the BOC-Clark findings.
On Thursday, BOC-Clark turned over the contraband to the PDEA along with two other shipments containing separately one bottle of cannabidiol (CBD) and six tobacco rolling papers which also “positively resulted for presence of marijuana.”
District Collector Ruby Alameda issued warrants of seizure and detention against the shipments for violation of Sections 118 (g), 119 (d) & 1113 (f), (i) & (l) of RA No. 10863 or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act in relation to RA 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
It can be recalled that last March 30, BOC-Clark also apprehended P13.2 million worth of marijuana bringing the total to 12.535 kgs of illegal or illegal substances seized by the port in 2020.
Alameda said the Port of Clark “remains vigilant in protecting the country’s borders in support of BOC Commissioner Rey Guerrero’s commitment to support the Duterte Administration’s war on drugs.” – With BOC-Clark PR
