Chinese-American passenger held in Clark for carrying cocaine | Inquirer News

Chinese-American passenger held in Clark for carrying cocaine

/ 08:01 AM August 29, 2016

CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, Philippines—A Chinese-American traveller from Dubai was caught carrying two kilograms of suspected cocaine on Sunday night by the Clark Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group at the Clark International Airport (CRK).

The alleged contraband was found hidden in a compartment in the check-in luggage of Alan Soo Hoo, 68, according to Alexander Cauguiran, officer-in-charge of the state-owned Clark International Airport Corp., a member of the task group.

Soo Hoo, a resident of New York City in the United States, travelled from Dubai to CRK via Cebu on board Emirates flight EK338.

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The task group was assisted by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and US Drug Enforcement Agency.

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