Shabu in Subic could have street value of P14B
SUBIC BAY Freeport: The total haul of illegal drugs seized by elements of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and Presidential Anti Smuggling Group-Task Force Subic (PASG-TFS) Tuesday morning could have amounted to some P14 billion if it had reached the market.
This was revealed by a source from Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
With an earlier estimate of P4.2 billion, the market value of the much high-grade shabu would have tripled once distributed by drug dealers, said the source.
A Subic custom boarding officer identified as Romulo Labrusca is now under investigation since he was the one who cleared FB Shun Fa Xing, the alleged vessel that brought the shabu shipment to Subic.
Documents obtained by The Manila Times indicated that the said vessel was cleared and noted with no dangerous cargo on board and both Jou Jonq Rong, the ship captain, and Labrusca, signed it.
The vessel, according to the document, left Vietnam on May 23 and arrived in Subic on May 24 after which the first eight boxes were unloaded at the Ship Repair Facility as witnessed by an SBMA law enforcement officer.
It was not until Tuesday afternoon that SBMA and representatives of PASG-TFS opened the boxes that contained shabu. On Wednesday after a joint press conference by SBMA and PASG-TFS another hi-ace van was confiscated and revealed another six boxes, while another two boxes were found floating near the Ship Repair Facility port.
PASG-TFS chief Antonio Villar Jr. said the illegal drug was packed in 70 boxes, allegedly owned by a certain Anthony Ang, a Chinese based in Olongapo City and connected to Wa Lung, a freeport locator, who has since been suspended.
SBMA Administrator Armand Arreza said that Subic Bay Freeport is not a transshipment point of illegal drugs, in reaction to a statement of PDEA Director Dionisio Santiago in an earlier interview.
This is an isolated case, as there has been no other incidents like this before, Arreza said. -- Anthony Bayarong - Manila Times
This was revealed by a source from Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
With an earlier estimate of P4.2 billion, the market value of the much high-grade shabu would have tripled once distributed by drug dealers, said the source.
A Subic custom boarding officer identified as Romulo Labrusca is now under investigation since he was the one who cleared FB Shun Fa Xing, the alleged vessel that brought the shabu shipment to Subic.
Documents obtained by The Manila Times indicated that the said vessel was cleared and noted with no dangerous cargo on board and both Jou Jonq Rong, the ship captain, and Labrusca, signed it.
The vessel, according to the document, left Vietnam on May 23 and arrived in Subic on May 24 after which the first eight boxes were unloaded at the Ship Repair Facility as witnessed by an SBMA law enforcement officer.
It was not until Tuesday afternoon that SBMA and representatives of PASG-TFS opened the boxes that contained shabu. On Wednesday after a joint press conference by SBMA and PASG-TFS another hi-ace van was confiscated and revealed another six boxes, while another two boxes were found floating near the Ship Repair Facility port.
PASG-TFS chief Antonio Villar Jr. said the illegal drug was packed in 70 boxes, allegedly owned by a certain Anthony Ang, a Chinese based in Olongapo City and connected to Wa Lung, a freeport locator, who has since been suspended.
SBMA Administrator Armand Arreza said that Subic Bay Freeport is not a transshipment point of illegal drugs, in reaction to a statement of PDEA Director Dionisio Santiago in an earlier interview.
This is an isolated case, as there has been no other incidents like this before, Arreza said. -- Anthony Bayarong - Manila Times
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