The Manila Times•Yesterday
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Mindanao politician linked to drug shipment seized in Laos — PDEA
MANILA, Philippines — A politician in Mindanao was tagged by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) as the financier of the chartered plane that carried 521 kilograms of suspected shabu worth P3.54 billion seized in Laos. PDEA spokesman Joseph Frederick Calulut however declined to identify the politician.
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