QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director-General Isidro Lapeña on Tuesday, August 1, asked for an executive session or closed-door briefing with lawmakers due to the sensitivity of matters revolving around the conduct of the raid on the illegal shabu shipment worth P6.4 billion.
Lapeña made the request during the House committee hearing on the raid conducted by the PDEA and the National Bureau of Investigation in two warehouses in Valenzuela City, where the team was able to confiscate Php 6.4 billion worth of illegal drugs.
House Committee on Dangerous Drugs Chairman and Surigao Del Norte Representative Robert Ace Barbers granted the request for an executive session.