MANILA, Philippines — Anti-narcotics agents arrested a Malaysian-Chinese citizen after he allegedly received a parcel containing two kilos of ketamine valued at P10 million during a controlled-delivery operation in Pasig on Tuesday.
Thai Lian Shiong, 24, was apprehended by operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s Central Luzon field unit in front of a condominium building at the corner of Julia Vargas and F. Ortigas Jr. Avenues in Barangay San Antonio before 10 p.m.
The package, which originated from Malaysia, arrived at the Port of Clark on Jan. 28.
Ketamine is an anesthetic substance that is used by drug abusers for its hallucinogenic effects.
The suspect is being held on charges of importation of illegal drugs.