Philippine Navy Seizes $175 Million Meth Haul at Sea
- The Philippine Navy seized an illegal drug shipment worth 10 billion pesos .
- Commodore Edward de Sagon stated that the Navy intercepted a fishing vessel carrying 1.5 tonnes of methamphetamine hydrochloride off Luzon.
- Four people, including one foreigner, were arrested during the operation with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
- Navy spokesman John Percie Alcos called it one of the largest illegal drug apprehensions in the history of the Philippine Navy.
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