MANILA, Philippines — A parcel containing 2,878 pieces of the illegal drug ecstasy was seized from a man who tried to claim it from the Philpost Manila Central Office, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Monday.
The arrest was made by a team composed of operatives from PDEA and the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG).
The suspect was identified as RonRon Salonga, a resident of Port Area in Manila.
PDEA estimated the 2,878 pieces of ecstasy to have a street value of P4.892 million.
Ecstasy was originally a brand name of drug but has been generalized to refer to methylenedioxy-methylamphetamine (MDMA), according to the European M…
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