AIRPORT authorities from the drug interdiction task group seized more than P25-million worth of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu brought by a foreigner on Thursday night.

Bureau of Customs (BoC) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said the illicit stuff was smuggled into the country by 27-year-old Mohammad Ahtsham bin Mohammad Afzal, a Malaysian, who arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 aboard Ethiopian Airlines from Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia.

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