Manila, Sept. 14 -- The Bureau of Customs (BOC), together with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), led the inspection of over PHP199.7 million worth of shabu and high-grade marijuana intercepted in packages declared as personal effects at a warehouse in Pasay City Monday.

Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno said the shipment consisting of 15 boxes from Canada was flagged by the BOC X-ray Inspection Project (XIP) after suspicious images were detected during X-ray screening. This prompted the issuance of an Alert Order and the subsequent conduct of full physical examination and verification of the packages.

During the examination, authorities discovered six boxes containing 28 cans with approximately 28.324 kilos of suspected...