Three Chinese transit passengers held with kush at Clark airport
On 7 March 2026 Bureau of Customs officers at Clark International Airport found 99 vacuum-sealed packs of suspected kush in three carry-on bags belonging to three Chinese nationals in transit from Bangkok to Hong Kong. PDEA Region 3 took custody of the men for investigation under the dangerous drugs act.
🇵🇭 Clark International Airport, Mabalacat, Pampanga · Philippines
On Saturday 7 March 2026, around 8 a.m., Bureau of Customs officers at the Port of Clark inspected
three Chinese nationals who had arrived from Bangkok and were due to continue to Hong Kong.[1]During profiling and X-ray screening of their hand-carry luggage, officers found suspicious images
and opened the bags.[2]
Inside they recovered 99 transparent vacuum-sealed packs of dried leaves and fruiting tops believed
to be high-grade marijuana (kush).[1][2]The Bureau of Customs said the packs weighed about
15,470 grams, with an estimated standard value of 69,799,950 Philippine pesos.[2]PDEA K9 units
confirmed the presence of illegal drugs.[2]
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s Region 3 office named the suspects only as alias Ang See,
39; alias Kim Tan, 27; and alias Li Cheng, 30.[1]PDEA Central Luzon took them into custody for
tactical investigation, and the drugs were to be sent to the Region 3 laboratory for examination.[1]The operation involved the customs port, PDEA, the national police drug enforcement group,
aviation security, and the National Bureau of Investigation in Pampanga.[1][2]
The men were informed of their rights and arrested for violating Republic Act 9165, the Comprehensive
Dangerous Drugs Act.[2]A warrant of seizure and detention was issued by the district collector.[2]
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Seized vacuum-sealed packs shown with the Inquirer report; photo credited to PDEA Region 3.Photo details
The Inquirer and PDEA Region 3 quote about 46.5 kilograms of kush, while the Bureau of Customs weighing report gives 15,470 grams; this report uses the BOC figure in figures.kg_seized.
The Philippine News Agency release cited in other outlets was not available when its URL was opened; the Inquirer and BOC pages above were used instead.
Suspects were identified only by aliases (Ang See, Kim Tan, and Li Cheng or Li Ching); full names and national ID numbers were not published.
No forensic laboratory confirmation or court charges were reported in the sources opened.
Police arrested 27 drug suspects in 19 operations across the CALABARZON region of the Philippines in the 24 hours from 6 a.m. on 8 November to 6 a.m. on 9 November 2026, seizing 1.54 grams of marijuana alongside about 65.56 grams of shabu. In the same anti-criminality campaign officers arrested 153 wanted persons, including 45 most wanted, and 311 people in illegal gambling operations.
Police and an airport inter-agency group found about 1.56 kg of high-grade marijuana, valued at ₱1.563 million, among 12 abandoned inbound parcels at the Pasay City mail centre on 6 November 2026. The same parcels carried far more shabu and ketamine, and no one was arrested over them.
Police arrested 46 people in 34 anti-drug operations across the CALABARZON region of the Philippines in the 24 hours to 6 a.m. on 5 November 2026. The regional police report put the cannabis seized at 10.18 grams of marijuana and 2.01 grams of kush, part of a 252,164.60-peso haul valued together with 36.46 grams of shabu.
Arrested 46Plants destroyed 0Area 0 haCannabis 12.19 g
Anti-narcotics agents seized about 4.27 kg of suspected marijuana, valued by PDEA at P512,880, from a parcel at a delivery hub in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur on 31 October 2026. No arrests were made; the sender and receiver are still being identified and the drugs are in PDEA custody for laboratory examination.
