Suspected marijuana worth P360,000 found in parcel in South Cotabato
Authorities confiscated suspected marijuana leaves from a parcel at a warehouse in Polomolok town, South Cotabato province on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. —Photo from the PDEA
MANILA, Philippines — Authorities confiscated suspected marijuana leaves worth P360,000 from a parcel in South Cotabato, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said.
In its report, PDEA said the package was intercepted from a warehouse in Barangay Glamang in Polomolok town on Wednesday morning.
Further, the agency reported that the parcel contained six bricks of suspected marijuana leaves weighing about three kilograms.
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The operation stemmed from an intelligence report that a parcel sent from Quiapo, Manila and addressed to a certain “Jayar” from General Santos City contained bricks of marijuana leaves, PDEA Soccsksargen Regional Director Benjamin Recites said in the statement.
Article continues after this advertisementPDEA is still tracing the identities of the parcel’s sender and recipient.
