According to a press release by the DA-BFAR MIMAROPA dated August 5, Provincial Fisheries Officer (PFO) Rey Templonuevo in Coron was alerted by quarantine inspector Deejay Labiaga that the latter was suspicious of one of the shipments applying for a local transport permit (LTP). The shipment in question was 17 boxes marked “GB,” and was identified to have come from Linapacan.