MARIJUANA SHIPMENT SEIZED

A Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent shows bars of suspected hashish (marijuana) taped inside the casing of a TV set. Seven bars of suspected hashish, weighing about 743 grams worth PHP2.8 million, were seized by PDEA and Quezon City Police personnel from a shipment from Bontoc, Mountain Province. Authorities recovered the contraband from a Coda Lines Corp. bus at its terminal along E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave. in Quezon City and presented it to the press at the PDEA headquarters in Quezon City on Friday (June 29, 2018). JOEY RAZON/PNA-northboundasia.com