THE number of illegal drugs being delivered via courier service saw a 775 percent increase this year, according to a report from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency that eas released on Tuesday.

PDEA recorded 35 incidents of foreign express delivery and domestic courier services as a mode of smuggling dangerous drugs into the Philippines in 2018, much higher than the four recorded in 2017.

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