Authorities seized P1.3 million price of shabu hidden in a parcel containing a therapeutic massage machine, Jonathan Andal reported Saturday on “24 Oras Weekend.”
According to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, the parcel was dropped at a twenty-four-year-old lady in Dasmarinas City, Cavite in a managed supply operation.
She acquired the package deal and authorities brokers promptly arrested her.
“Yung ating operatiba na nagpanggap na delivery man, hinanap yung tao, sa kanya nakapangalan… Eventually, ni-receive niya and that prompted our operatives and the arresting officer to arrest the person,” mentioned PDEA NAIA Supervisor Gerald Javier.
The 200 grams of shabu within the therapeutic massage machine was despatched from South Africa.
The medicine have been found on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport after it was put by an X-ray machine and sniffed by K9 canine.
PDEA then submitted it to a laboratory check and confirmed that it contained unlawful medicine.
Meanwhile, the suspect defined that she was simply named the parcel’s recipient. It was allegedly meant for a Nigerian nationwide she had dated.
She had met the foreigner, who was staying in Molino, Bacoor, by a messaging app final November.
“Pagdating po ng package, ang sabi niya po sa akin, i-inform ko siya kung nasa akin na and then sabi niya po sa akin, ‘wag kong buksan, ‘wag kong galawin,” she mentioned.
“Tapos ‘yun po, ibibigay ko po sa kanya. Magkikita po kami,” she added.
She said the Nigerian national had been pestering her about the parcel since December because he said the delivery was expected that month.
She did not know that it contained shabu.
“Hindi po ako nag-iisip nang masama, ‘di ko po inisip na ganun… ’Di ko akalain na ganu’n ang gagawin niya sa akin. Nagtiwala kasi agad ako sa tao.”
The Nigerian nationwide, who is claimed to be 34 years outdated, launched himself as Alfred. However, the suspect could not get his full title, nor did have a photograph of him.
The PDEA mentioned they might examine the matter additional and make contact with the Bureau of Immigration concerning the alleged Nigerian nationwide.
Narcotics officers would additionally talk about the matter with the South African Embassy. — Sherylin Untalan/DVM, GMA Integrated News
