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BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga — Authorities intercepted at least 238.3 grams of kush or \u201chigh-grade\u201d marijuana worth P357,450 from the United States at the Port of Clark.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Clark Airport Interdiction Unit, the \u201chigh-grade\u201d marijuana originated from California, USA, and arrived at the Port of Clark on May 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The illegal substance was concealed in a package misdeclared as \u201cmen’s sweater\u201d and was seized in an operation at the Port of Clark on May 14.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The operation emanated from an information relayed by foreign counterparts to PDEA International Cooperation and Foreign Affairs Service (ICFAS), saying a parcel containing kush from Woodland Hills, California, was en route at the Port of Clark. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The information was passed on by PDEA Intelligence Service (PDEA-IS) to PDEA Regional Office 3, which led to the successful interdiction operation.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Clark examined the parcel, which tested positive results.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Subsequent tests using PDEA K-9 and Rigaku Progeny analyzer confirmed the presence of illegal drugs.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The success of the operation was attributed to the collaborative efforts of PDEA Clark International Airport Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (CRK IADTG), Bureau of Customs-Port of Clark, PNP Aviation Security Unit 3, PNP Drug Enforcement Group, National Bureau of Investigation, and PDEA Intelligence Service.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BY KEVIN GALANG MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga — Authorities intercepted at least 238.3 grams of kush or “high-grade” marijuana worth P357,450 from the United States at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13873"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13875,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13873\/revisions\/13875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}