PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte promised to put behind bars those involved in the smuggling of P6.4 billion worth of shabu from China, as he tapped Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Isidro Lapeña to take over the Bureau of Customs (BOC).

In a Palace news conference Monday night, Duterte announced the departure of Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon amid controversy over the shabu shipment.

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