{"id":119498,"date":"2017-09-26T06:54:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T10:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=119498"},"modified":"2017-09-26T06:54:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T10:54:42","slug":"pdea-warns-grab-uber-of-drug-traders-using-drivers-as-couriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/26\/pdea-warns-grab-uber-of-drug-traders-using-drivers-as-couriers\/","title":{"rendered":"PDEA warns Grab, Uber of drug traders using drivers as couriers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_109643\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109643\" style=\"width: 312px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/UberGrabAug3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109643\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/UberGrabAug3.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino said drivers of transport network companies (TNCs) Grab and Uber are prone to become \u201cunwitting couriers of illegal drugs.\u201d (PNA photo)\" width=\"312\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/UberGrabAug3.jpg 312w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/UberGrabAug3-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino said drivers of transport network companies (TNCs) Grab and Uber are prone to become \u201cunwitting couriers of illegal drugs.\u201d (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Monday cautioned operators of transport network vehicles services of their drivers possibly used as \u201cdrug couriers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino said drivers of transport network companies (TNCs) Grab and Uber are prone to become \u201cunwitting couriers of illegal drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are urging TNVS (Transport Network Vehicle Services) drivers and operators to exercise due diligence to ensure that they will not be used to transport any contraband,\u201d Aquino said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They will register using fictitious names and pre-activated SIM cards to avoid detection in case the delivery goes amiss and is intercepted by authorities with the unwitting driver will likely to suffer the dire consequences,&#8221; the director added.<\/p>\n<p>Aquino said TNCs offer doorstep express deliveries using cars and motorbikes which are covered by insurance and real-time tracking and notification alerts.<\/p>\n<p>The advisory was issued following the arrest of high-value target Jovet Atillano in a buy-bust operation in Mandaluyong City and the seizure of about over a million-worth of various illegal drugs such as ecstasy, shabu and pieces of Valium last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Aquino said PDEA&#8217;s investigation discovered that Atillano used the services of TNVS to transport illegal drugs covered inside packages to his customers without the knowledge of the drivers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They will register using fictitious names and pre-activated SIM cards to avoid detection in case the delivery goes amiss and is intercepted by authorities with the unwitting driver will likely to suffer the dire consequences,&#8221; Aquino said.<\/p>\n<p>Aquino added drug syndicates and traders have learned to &#8220;utilize the mobile-based application of transport network companies to deliver their illicit goods.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the PDEA will seek the backing of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and TNVS companies to stop this way of drug trafficking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Monday cautioned operators of transport network vehicles services of their drivers possibly used &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":109643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[19839,6095,2132],"class_list":["post-119498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-grab","tag-pdea","tag-uber","mauthors-carlo-jacob-molina","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}