Gordon, chair of the committee assigned to check on the accountability of public officials, was probing personalities on the alleged drug shipment when he cracked the joke, supposedly out of frustration. Lourdes Mangaoang, Deputy Collector for Passenger Service of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), said that the X-ray machines were procured in 2006 for around $4 million each, payable in 20 years. It later released images of X-ray results of the containers but said its machines cannot identify illegal drugs if it is wrapped in lead, foil, and plastic. “Namimili ang gobyerno ng overpriced machines, tapos nakalusot pa (The government buys overpriced machines, but the illegal drugs have slipped into the country)?” Gordon said. /eeREAD: Gordon refutes Duterte on P6.8-B ‘shabu’ shipmentADVERTISEMENTREAD: Consignee in ‘smuggled’ P6.8B shabu says BOC exec threatening herRead Next

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 26, 2018 09:56 UTC