OZAMIZ CITY, Philippines – Police and anti-narcotics agents seized a kilo of suspected shabu with a street value of around P5 million shipped through a known courier here Tuesday afternoon.
Police were tipped off about the shipment, which arrived on Saturday, but nobody claimed it.
On Tuesday, the police sought a search warrant to compel the courier to hand over the package and declare its content.
The suspected shabu was wrapped in carbon paper and placed in a milk box.
The package was sent from Cubao, Quezon City, to a certain Christina dela Cruz of this city.
Misamis Occidental police director Senior Superintendent Archieval Macala said the name and address of the consignee could be fictitious.
The drug bust is said to be the biggest in the province. – Gerry Lee Gorit, Ben Serrano