Nearly $1m in suspected narcotics recovered in waters off Puerto Princesa, Philippines

The Philippine Coast Guard, the Philippine Navy, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) have reported the recent recovery of a black dry bag containing nine packages of suspected illegal drugs approximately 20 nautical miles off Puerto Princesa City in the western Philippines.

The coast guard a local fisherman found the dry bag floating in the water near Puerto Princesa on October 6, but he did not surrender the bag to local authorities until Thursday, October 9.