Mindanao politician financed flight linked to Laos drug seizure – PDEA

MANILA, Philippines—A politician from Mindanao allegedly financed the chartered flight linked to the 521-kilogram shabu seizure in Laos, according to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). “We have identified the financier behind this drug operation. This politician is based in the South, in Mindanao,” PDEA spokesperson Atty. Joseph Frederick Calulut told reporters in an interview