PDEA: Over P18M worth of cocaine seized from Suriname national in Clark

A total of 3,468 grams of cocaine worth P18,380,400 were seized from a Surinamese national at the Clark International Airport on Tuesday evening, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Wednesday.

In a statement, the PDEA said the foreigner arrived at the airport on board the United Arab Emirates Flight EK 338 around 6:31 p.m.

He was arrested at 7:44 pm after illegal drugs were found in his luggage and concealed inside his jackets, according to the PDEA.

Around 30 vacuum sealed transparent packs wrapped in mesh cloth and blue carbon paper containing cocaine were recovered from the foreigner’s possession, it added.

The Surinamese national will face a complaint for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, the PDEA said.

Aside from the PDEA, other agencies that joined the operation were Bureau of Customs Port of Clark, Bureau of Immigration, NBI Pampanga District Office, and PNP Aviation Security Unit 3.—Joviland Rita/LDF, GMA Integrated News