00:00The campaign of the authorities against illegal drugs in Cebu is also over.
00:04It is also followed by the arrest of the drug that is worth P170 million pesos.
00:11Jesse Atienza in the details.
00:16The 25 kilos of the drug that is worth P170 million pesos is not found in the port area of Cebu City.
00:27The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 7 discovered the illegal drug inside the vehicle that came from a ship.
00:35The contraband was seen with the help of their canine unit, Bayani, a Belgian Malinois.
00:42We were supposed to conduct inspection, random, on all of them.
00:46And then we noticed that the driver of this vehicle is trying to...
00:51He was about to leave the vehicle. He was about to leave.
00:55This prompted us to have doubts.
00:57So we stopped him, we opened the vehicle, we ran the canine sweeping.
01:02And then the canine detection dog, it was uneasy on that carton which was placed on the passenger side, on the back.
01:09When the dog was taken out, when we took out the carton, the dog sat on it.
01:15So that prompted us to open it because there was an indicator.
01:19The driver of the vehicle was arrested.
01:22They were also given their cellphones and IDs.
01:25According to the official information, the driver came from Manila and Masbate before he arrived in the port of Cebu City.
01:32It's important to know that this is not a discount that is intended for other neighboring areas.
01:43But considering that this is a discount, most probably, market-wise, we can see that this is usually for cities.
01:53There's a comment from PDEA.
01:54I don't think that this is intended for Cebu City.
01:57Our port is completely monitored, including Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
02:02A deeper investigation will be conducted by PDEA Region 7 along with other law enforcement agencies
02:09to determine who the supplier is and where the contraband will be brought from.
02:14They will also investigate all the cargoes and vehicles that will pass through the ports.
02:21From PTV Cebu, Jesse Atienza for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
