MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga — A 26-year-old man was arrested after claiming a parcel containing ketamine worth P18.725 million at the Port of Clark inside the Clark Freeport Zone on Tuesday, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said.
The suspect, a resident of Rodriguez, Rizal, was arrested at 12:20 p.m., according to a report from PDEA Central Luzon.
No other details were disclosed about the suspect who was described as a 26-year-old resident of Rodriguez town in Rizal, according to a report from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Luzon.
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The man was arrested at 12:20 p.m.
PDEA said the parcel was transmitted from Amsterdam in The Netherlands on October 10.
The sender declared the parcel contents as sodium bicarbonate cleaning powder, commonly known as baking soda.
According to PDEA, ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic that has some hallucinogenic effects. It is classified as a dangerous drug under Republic Act No. 9165 (the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002).
The operation was conducted by joint operatives of PDEA’s Pampanga office, the PDEA Clark International Airport Inter‑Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group, the Bureau of Customs at the Port of Clark, the Philippine National Police Aviation Security Unit 3, and PNP Drug Enforcement Group. /dp
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