MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte is unperturbed by an alleged assassination threat against him that was bared Thursday by a suspected gunrunner, Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said.

Abella said such threats are "not new" to the President and that he "eats" these for breakfast.

"He seems to be pretty much untouched by all these threats. Not worried. Concerned but not worried," the official said.

Duterte will also not lessen his provincial trips, Abella added.

A firearms smuggling suspect, who is now under police custody, claimed Thursday that one of his syndicate’s customers was planning to kill the President.

Wilford Palma said the customer, whom he did not identify, ordered “low-end” gun parts for Duterte's assassination.

An estimated P4.5 million in gun parts were seized from Palma and his boss in Bacolod City.

Duterte earlier claimed that high-profile drug lords have raised as much as P1 billion to have him killed, along with police chief, Director General Ronald dela Rosa and other officials.

Duterte says he will match drug lords' bounty

A group of drug lords detained at the Maximum Security Compound of the New Bilibid Prison has since denied plotting to kill the Chief Executive.

-- Report from Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN NEws