ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Jan. 15, 2014) – Airport police on Wednesday intercepted a cargo of marijuana after it passed a routine security inspection in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, officials said.
Officials said the marijuana was concealed in several plastic bags along with coffee and milk powder and bound for the town of Jolo. The cargo, passed through a courier company, LBC, was shipped from Las Pinas City by Abdusahar Albi with Nadzmer Murajam as its consignee.
Police made no arrest, but officials said investigation is going on to determine whether the names on the package were fictitious or not.
Officials said the illegal cargo is estimated to be around P1 million.
Marijuana is still illegal in the Philippines and listed as among dangerous drugs whose medical usage and sale are strictly prohibited.
Just late last year, police arrested two men – Mohammad Daud and Salim Sabtari – who tried to smuggle some 20 kilos of illegal drugs called shabu, also methamphetamine hydrochloride, at the Zamboanga airport.
The men were supposed to fly to the capital town of Bonggao in Tawi-Tawi to deliver the drugs in Sabah, Malaysia when it was intercepted. The drugs were hidden in milk boxes when discovered by airport police.
Daud and Sabtari arrived on November 7 in Zamboanga City from Manila where the drugs originated. (Mindanao Examiner)
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