Sa Samar, nalambat ng isang mangingisda ang bloke-bloke ng pinaghihinalaang cocaine. Samantala, nasabat naman ng mga awtoridad sa Baguio City ang mga illegal na droga na isinilid sa Chinese tea bags. Bakit nga ba patuloy na nakalulusot ang mga illegal na droga sa bansa? Sundan ang buong ulat sa video.
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00:00 March 8, 2024, while we were on the boat hiding Raul, he saw a bag full of money in the sea.
00:16 I looked at the bag and thought that it was money. I was lucky because I was able to see that I was asking for help.
00:27 When Raul opened the bag, he saw some black blocks.
00:35 There were writings that said "Z" and "Kako Pera"
00:39 When I opened it, I was afraid that it was soft. I didn't know what it was. I could smell the stench.
00:45 Raul immediately reported to the local government and police station of Arteche, Eastern Samar, where he found black blocks.
00:54 When the police investigated the contents of the blocks, they confirmed that Raul found illegal cocaine.
01:03 It is estimated that the value of the 20 blocks of cocaine was worth Php111 million.
01:11 We requested for a distraction to the court so that we can burn the cocaine.
01:19 According to the chief of Arteche Municipal Police, this is the second time that cocaine blocks were found in the sea in their town.
01:28 On March 8, 20 cocaine bricks were recovered in Arteche, Eastern Samar.
01:35 Since 2009, 250 cocaine bricks have been found in the said province.
01:42 On the map of the Philippines, it is noticeable that the province of Eastern Samar is located at the end of the country.
01:50 The question is, where do the cocaine blocks that are floating in the sea come from?
01:59 It came from the open sea, which is the Pacific Ocean.
02:02 At that time, according to the report of the Philippine Coast Guard and Navy, it really floated and hit our sea, which is the right place in the sea of Samar.
02:16 In the investigation of the Philippine National Police or PNP, a well-known drug syndicate group is behind the illegal drugs that are being smuggled in the country.
02:26 This includes the Mexican Drug Cartel.
02:30 Based on its packaging, which is the triple Z, it is believed to be a link on the Mexican Drug Cartel.
02:37 The name is Los Zetas.
02:40 In Samar, cocaine was found floating in the sea.
02:45 A suspect who was arrested in Cavite, cocaine was put in cookies and chocolate.
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03:03 August 2023,
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03:10 A Ugandan national was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation or NBI Task Force against illegal drugs in Dasmariña City, Cavite.
03:19 When the NBI entered the house of the drug dealer in the visa of Sir Chihuarra, various chemicals were found in the production of black cocaine.
03:27 Before the arrest of the Ugandan national, two Filipinas were the first to be arrested by the NBI.
03:33 The suspects obtained the 20 million pesos worth of black cocaine mixed in cookies and chocolate.
03:41 They were the ones who taught the Ugandan national that he was making black cocaine.
03:46 This is the first time that we discovered it in the Philippines.
03:49 We were able to discover a clandestine laboratory.
03:54 So, this is where he manufactures it.
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04:03 This is the house that our suspect rented when Sir Chihuarra was implemented.
04:07 So, one Ugandan national said that the owner had been on his land for less than six months.
04:14 According to one of the residents who became the neighbor of the suspect,
04:18 in 2022, he was the first to notice the arrival and the looting of drugs in their area.
04:24 When they arrive there, it's a group. When they are there, they are in jail.
04:29 I don't know what activity is happening inside.
04:32 Then, they have fellow Filipinos.
04:35 The Ugandan national is currently in jail in the NBI detention facility.
04:40 The NBI said that the suspect cannot be deported while the case is still being heard in court.
04:46 The two Filipinos were released after being arrested while the investigation of the case is still ongoing.
04:52 The NBI believes that a member of the West Africa Drug Syndicate is the one who was caught by the Ugandan national.
05:00 The black cocaine that is made in the Philippines is planned to be exported abroad.
05:05 In this case, Hong Kong is the target market of black cocaine.
05:09 What happens when they arrive in Hong Kong?
05:11 There is a processing to be done before they can consume it.
05:15 A significant amount of drugs.
05:20 Assaulting, assaulting.
05:25 Move, move, move.
05:27 In Baguio City, the authorities started an action in a house of a Chinese national.
05:38 We are here.
05:39 The police regional office Cordillera and Baguio City Drug Enforcement Unit are armed.
05:48 The assault team carefully entered the target location through the search warrant.
05:53 Building cleared.
05:55 The police were able to find the 575 kilos of the suspected shabu that was hidden in a tea bag.
06:01 The total value of the suspected shabu is estimated to be around P4 billion.
06:07 We are trying to get the Baguio City Police Station's money but they refused to give a statement
06:13 because the Chinese national is already hearing the case in court.
06:16 When the Baguio City PNP confirmed that the suspect who was arrested in BJMP Baguio City was the suspect of the case of violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
06:28 Move, move, move.
06:30 According to the NBI, three large drug syndicates are possible.
06:35 The first of which is the illegal drug companies in Samar, Baguio City and Cavite.
06:39 This is the Mexican Drug Cartel, African Drug Syndicate and Chinese Triad.
06:46 According to the data released by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency or PDEA,
06:51 the number of Filipinos who are couriers of syndicates involved in drug trafficking has increased.
06:56 From the two arrests in 1993, it has reached more than 700 in the present.
07:04 Hey! Down, down, down.
07:08 What are the challenges that you are facing?
07:13 Because of the law, it's very restrictive on the part of law enforcement.
07:18 The wiretap, the bank account, the secrecy of bank deposits, that's the fight.
07:25 We don't have new technology. We're really behind.
07:31 For 2023, the value of the illegal drug has reached 10.41 billion pesos.
07:37 The question is, why is this continuing?
07:40 And it seems that the drug trafficking in the country is getting worse.
07:44 We need to accept the fact that it is a challenge.
07:50 The personnel, vessels and equipment that can be monitored in the bomb border of our country is not enough since it is really open.
08:00 Don't move.
08:02 For the NBI, they admitted that corruption is one of the reasons why illegal drugs are easily smuggled in the country.
08:10 They all came from a foreign country.
08:14 In order to stop drug trafficking in the country, it must start there, at the border, the first line of defense.
08:21 Raul is happy that he was able to help in the smuggling and surrender of a million-peso drug worth of drugs in the sea.
08:28 I am very happy that I was able to do that.
08:30 The government is still in the hands of the government so that there will be no illegal drugs smuggled in the country.
08:38 The authorities admitted that they don't have enough capacity to monitor the border of the Philippines.
08:45 How can this problem be solved?
08:48 Until next Saturday, I am Macky Pulido and this is the Reporter's Notebook.
08:54 For more information, visit www.nbc.gov/corruption
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