A parcel containing methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu, was intercepted by operatives of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG) in the cargo office of an international express courier service in Pasay City (Metro Manila).

Undersecretary Arturo Cacdac Jr., director general of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and task group commander said  the package, which was found to have a plastic sachet of shabu concealed between the pages of a dictionary, was reportedly bound for the southern part of Australia.

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