Manila, June 9 -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Monday said the Chinese Drug Triad is behind the dumping of over one ton of shabu found by local fisherfolk floating in the waters of Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur.

PDEA Director General Isagani Nerez said the packaging of shabu packs contained in teabags with Chinese markings is a signature trademark associated with the triad.

"The triad gains notoriety by engaging all sorts of methods of drug smuggling, including the use of the high seas. They dump their illicit goods to be retrieved by local cohorts later. It's a good thing that our hero fishermen got there first before the drugs fell into the wrong hands," Nerez said in a statement.

As of June 8, the joint operatives of...