A TOTAL of 240 kilos of shabu worth P1,632,000,000 was seized by joint elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region (PDEA) Central Luzon, Ninoy Aquino International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG), Bureau of Customs, PDEA-National Capital Region and the local police in Cabanatuan City, which led to the arrest of two Chinese nationals in a controlled delivery operation along Sumacap Sur, Cabanatuan City late Friday evening, October 30, 2020.
In an initial report, PDEA-Central Luzon said the dangerous drugs were included in a cargo declared as “workbench table” shipped by a certain Ywlee 87 Trading from Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia and consigned to a certain company called “Allejam International Trading” from the City of Manila.
The Cargo arrived at PAL PSI Warehouse in Manila on October 24, 2020. Through close coordination and surveillance, the misdeclared cargo was identified and subjected to X-ray scanning and physical examination that led to the discovery of heavily wrapped plastic packs of shabu.
The operating teams set an entrapment operation through controlled delivery operation in Cabanatuan City, which resulted in the apprehension of two Chinese nationals, Jayson Tan and James Ong.
Confiscated pieces of evidence were 240 kilos of shabu worth P1,632,000,000, one unit Vivo smartphone, one unit Honor smartphone, two Nokia keypad cellular phone, one gray Honda City, one Mitsubishi L300 van, one Honda City ignition key and one Mitsubishi L300 ignition key.
Violation of Section 4 (Importation of Dangerous Drugs), Article II of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 will be filed against the arrested suspects.