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P218 million worth of cocaine found floating off Sorsogon

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P218 million worth of cocaine found floating off Sorsogon
The haul adds to P2.8 billion worth of cocaine fished out of Philippine waters since 2009

MANILA, Philippines – Cocaine just keeps coming to Philippine waters.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced on Tuesday, May 28, that 12 boxes of the illegal substance were netted by fishermen in Barangay Bagacay in Gubat, Sorsogon, on Monday, May 27.

Police opened the boxes and found 39 blocks of the illegal substance, weighing around a kilogram each. The bricks were confirmed to be cocaine after testing, with cops pegging their total value at P218.4 million.

The boxes of cocaine were seen at around 2 pm on Monday by 3 fishermen who had set sail.

Bicol regional police on Tuesday called on the public to inform cops immediately if they see more suspicious packages floating near or to the shore.

The cocaine haul adds to P2.8 billion worth of cocaine retrieved from Philippine waters since 2009. Authorities believe they came from abandoned drug shipments in Latin America. – Rappler.com

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Rambo Talabong

Rambo Talabong covers the House of Representatives and local governments for Rappler. Prior to this, he covered security and crime. He was named Jaime V. Ongpin Fellow in 2019 for his reporting on President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. In 2021, he was selected as a journalism fellow by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics.
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