Customs seizes 38 kg of suspected marijuana in 126 parcels at NAIA
Bureau of Customs officers at Ninoy Aquino International Airport intercepted 126 abandoned inbound parcels holding about 37,968 grams of suspected marijuana, valued at P56,952,000, between 3 and 6 February 2026. The parcels, declared as clothing and household goods, were turned over to PDEA for laboratory testing and case build-up, with no arrests reported.
🇵🇭 Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Pasay City · Philippines
The Bureau of Customs at Ninoy Aquino International Airport seized 126 abandoned
inbound parcels containing dried leaves believed to be marijuana between 3 and 6
February 2026.[1]The parcels held an estimated 37,968 grams (about 38 kg) of
suspected marijuana with a street value of P56,952,000.[1]
The Inquirer’s account names no arrests and does not say who sent or was meant
to receive the parcels.[1]The Manila Times reported that customs officers
worked with PDEA and the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group on the
operation.[2]
The Bureau of Customs said the drugs were declared as ordinary consumer goods,
including clothing, magazines and household items, and described the parcels as
an attempt by criminal groups to use postal and courier channels.[1]The
shipment was held to violate the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and
the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act.[1]All the seized items were turned
over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency for laboratory examination, case
build-up and proper disposition.[1]
Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno said the multi-day interdictions showed
frontline units denying syndicates the use of ports and courier channels.[2]The Bureau of Customs said its total value of illegal drugs confiscated at the
NAIA port in 2026 had exceeded P377 million with this seizure.[1]
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No arrests or charges against named people were reported; the parcels are described as abandoned.
The drugs are described as suspected marijuana with no laboratory confirmation reported.
The Inquirer gives a four-day period from 3 to 6 February 2026 without the exact date of any individual parcel find; 6 February, the last day, is used as the incident date.
The Manila Times describes the seizure as 37,968 grams of suspected kush marijuana, while the Inquirer calls it dried leaves believed to be marijuana.
The Bureau of Customs statement itself could not be opened; only the two news accounts were read.
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.
