00:00Instead of goods, the illegal drugs are worth millions of pesos,
00:03the contents of the parcels that arrived from other countries.
00:11I am now investigating who is the consignee or who will receive the package.
00:15This is the news brought to you by James Agustin Exclusive.
00:21It was declared that there is a possibility of wiring harnesses, clothes, books, and skincare products in these 21 parcels.
00:28when it arrived at the Central Mail Exchange Center in Pasay City.
00:32But the parcels were discovered by the IA Interagency Drug Interdiction Task Group
00:37that contains drugs.
00:39There are more than 7,000 grams of high-grade marijuana
00:43and more than 1,200 ecstasy tablets.
00:46It is worth almost 13 million pesos.
00:49It passed through the X-ray and when we saw that there was something,
00:54we let the inspection vehicle pass by.
00:56After that, there was a thorough examination by the NBI to check.
01:03That's when we found out that there is a possibility that they gave drugs.
01:07The authorities first refused to say where the parcels came from.
01:12They also referred them to their foreign counterparts for further investigation.
01:17The consignees who were on board are part of the follow-up operation.
01:20We will verify the existence of the people who are here.
01:25At the same time, we will verify the addresses and the details.
01:28Our goal is to file a case against them pertaining to RA 9165.
01:35The evidence for the laboratory examination is in the custody of PDEA.
01:40James Agustin is reporting for GMA Integrated News.
01:54For more information visit www.gma.gov
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