Manila, Nov. 5 -- An interagency operation on Wednesday intercepted approximately 200 kilos of suspected shabu worth PHP1.36 billion at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) North Harbor, Manila.

Personnel from the Bureau of Customs (BOC), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Philippine National Police (PNP) inspected the suspected drugs, which were hidden in stacks of cardboard inside a 40-foot container Wednesday at the MICP.

The illegal drugs were concealed in 200 vacuum-sealed plastic bags inside 50 cardboard boxes.

PDEA Assistant Secretary Renato Gumban said the operation stemmed from an intelligence information from the Vietnam Anti-Narcotics Police Depart...