4 Bangkok passengers arrested with 41.85 kg marijuana at NAIA
Four passengers arriving from Bangkok were arrested at NAIA Terminal 3 on 30 July 2026 after customs found about 41.85 kg of suspected marijuana in eight bags. The Bureau of Customs valued the haul at P62.78 million and turned the suspects over to PDEA for drug-importation charges.
Four passengers arriving from Bangkok, Thailand were arrested after the Bureau
of Customs intercepted suspected marijuana in their baggage at Ninoy Aquino
International Airport on 30 July 2026.[1]The arrest took place at Terminal 3
in Pasay City during a joint anti-drug operation.[2]The four suspects were
turned over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency for the filing of charges
for alleged importation of dangerous drugs.[2]
Officers found approximately 41.85 kilograms of suspected marijuana concealed
inside the passengers’ luggage.[2]The drugs were packed in eight pieces of
luggage brought by the four suspects.[1]Authorities estimated the seized
drugs’ street value at P62,776,500.[2]The eight pieces of luggage were
flagged after undergoing X-ray screening and K9 inspection.[1]The eight
luggage items were then subjected to further inspection after suspicious
findings in the X-ray screening and K9 inspection.[1]
The operation joined the Bureau of Customs anti-drug task force, intelligence
and X-ray units with the airport drug-interdiction task group, the drug
enforcement agency and the Bureau of Immigration.[2]The Bureau of Customs
said the agency with the drug enforcement agency, the Bureau of Immigration and
other law enforcement agencies continued investigation and case-building on the
attempted smuggling.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The Inquirer reported around 41.551 kilograms valued at P62.326 million, while the Tribune reported approximately 41,851 grams valued at P62,776,500; the report uses the later Tribune figures.
The identities, nationalities and genders of the four arrested passengers were not disclosed.
No court outcome was reported; the suspects had been turned over to PDEA for the filing of charges under the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act and the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act.
PDEA operatives arrested a 31-year-old man during a buy-bust operation in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, on 11 November 2026. Authorities seized 630 grams of suspected dried marijuana leaves valued at P75,600.
Police arrested a 39-year-old man known as “Eco” during a dawn search in Barangay Poblacion, Kidapawan City, seizing over 2,000 grams of suspected marijuana. The haul was valued at P432,180 as police check claims he sold to students.
Quezon City police arrested two Pasay City men in an entrapment in Barangay Bagumbayan on the evening of 9 November 2026, recovering stolen Pokémon cards. A search of the 25-year-old known as Jun found about one gram of suspected dried marijuana, and he faces charges under both the anti-fencing and drugs laws.
PDEA Bicol arrested a 20-year-old Quezon City man at Matnog Port in Sorsogon on 8 November 2026 and seized a vape cartridge holding about one gram of suspected liquid marijuana. The agency valued the contents at P1,700 on the street and said the man would face charges under Republic Act 9165.
