Claimant of Package with Hidden 100 Ecstasy Tablets Arrested in Bulacan
The personnel of the Bureau of Customs arrested a claimant of a package that allegedly contains 100 tablets of ecstasy in Bulacan.
The NAIA Inter-Agency Narcotic Interdiction Task Group and the BOC-Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport have confiscated an illegal drug that was attempting to be smuggled in Bulacan. The parcel from the Netherlands containing the ecstasy tablets was intercepted at the Central Mail Exchange Center, according to the BOC.
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According to the BOC, the shipment was declared as a letter. Upon physical examination, however, it was discovered to contain ecstasy tablets with a market value of P170,000.
As a result, the package’s consignee, who was carrying an illicit narcotic, was detained. For violations of Republic Act 9165, the Comprehensive Drugs Act, and Republic Act 10863, the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act, the claimant, and seized drugs were given over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency for custodial investigation and inquest.
In Taytay, Rizal, the BOC also arrested a claimant of a parcel labeled “wedding dress” that contained P3.8 million worth of ecstasy tablets. Meanwhile, in a raid in Pasay City, BOC confiscated counterfeit items worth P2.5 billion.
The products were confiscated at One Logistics Center on Taft Avenue Extension by authorities. During the checks, “potential intellectual property right (IPR)-infringing” commodities and suspected imported counterfeit products were discovered. Numerous items carrying the trademarks Christian Dior, Gucci, Channel, Louis Vuitton, and Fendi, to name a few, are found in an initial inventory of the goods held at the logistics center.
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