Methamphetamine continues to enter the Philippines through four major routes: seaports, airports, mail services, and coastal areas. Large shipments of 158 kilograms were seized twice at the Manila port in 1997 from container vans. The airport task force seized over 116 million pesos worth of drugs in 2001, including 10 kilograms found on two Taiwanese passengers from China. Foreign nationals are often involved, as reflected by 258 arrests of foreigners from 1993 to 2001 for drug trafficking violations.

1. DRUG TRAFFICKING
Methamphetamine hydrochloride continues to be smuggled
into the country through four major avenues:the seaports and
special economiczones,the international airpot,the mail and
parcel services,and the vast expanse of philippine coastline.
The use of the seaports was exemplified by the seizure of 158
kilograms of shabu stashed inside two(2) container vans at the
manila international container port in two different occasions in
1997

3.  Continues to be the
preferred trafficking avenue for
small quantities from less than
one kilo to multi-kilo
shipments by traffickers using
false compartments in luggage
or through body packing.
THE NINOY AGUINO
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

4. The gravity of the problem can be gleamend from the
seizure of 116.88 million pesos worth of drugs by the
NAIA Drug interdiction task group in 2001.It was on
september 11 and 14,2014 respectively,when two
taiwanese nationals were intercepted carrying five(5)
kilograms of shabu each on board a flight originating
from xiamen,china.

5. Involvement of foreign nationals is
very apparent in almost all nthe big
volume seizures of government law
enforcement authorities.Data from
the philippine drug enforcement
agency in 1993 to december 31,2001
reflected 258 foreing national
arrested in the philippines for
violation of republic act.No.
6425(Dangerous drugs Act 1972,as
amended)
INVOLVE ME NT OF FORE IGN NATIONALS
IN DRUG TRAFFICK ING