MANILAIndia, July 7 -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Monday seized over 110 kilograms of suspected shabu worth around PHP749 million inside four "balikbayan" boxes at the Manila International Container Port in Tondo, Manila.

The illegal drugs were seized during an interdiction operation conducted at around 11:30 a.m. inside Container Facility Station 3, where the boxes arriving from California and addressed to recipients in Mandaluyong and Quezon City were inspected, the PDEA said in a statement.

Inside, authorities discovered 106 vacuum-sealed plastic packs filled with white crystalline substances carefully concealed in boxes of cereal, snack packs, and instant noodles.

Initial testin...