PASAY CITY -- The Bureau of Customs (BOC) - Port of NAIA, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and the NAIA Inter-agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (IADITG), arrested claimants of 5,637 tablets of Ecstasy "Party Drugs" concealed in Foot Spa Machine with estimated street value of P9,582,900 during a joint controlled delivery operation in QC Philpost Office on July 12, 2021.
Records show that the subject package arrived last June 28, 2021, from Neuss, Germany, and was declared as "Childrens Toys, Somer Sandals, Bag, Socks, Pants, Rain Boots, and Birthday Stock”.
The seized illegal drugs were initially discovered during the non-intrusive x-ray scanning of the subject package by the X-ray Inspection Project (XIP NAIA) and K-9 sniffing.
Upon 100% physical examination conducted by the customs examiner, the subject package was found to contain 5,637 tablets of Ecstasy classified as a dangerous drug under the R.A. 9165 otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
