NEARLY P5 billion worth of illegal drugs have been seized under the Marcos administration’s campaign against drugs, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) reported yesterday.
The P49.82 billion in assorted drugs were seized during 84,676 operations conducted throughout the country from July 1, 2022 to September 30 this year, PDEA said.
They include 6,481.16 kilos of shabu worth P44.07 billion, PDEA said.
Also seized were 75.69 kilos of cocaine, 115,081 pills of ecstasy, and 5,626.80 kilos of marijuana.
PDEA said 114,892 drug personalities were arrested during the same period, including 7,364 high-value targets.
The anti-drug operations also resulted in the dismantling of 1,181 drug dens and a clandestine laboratory.
PDEA said 29,211 barangays have been so far cleared of illegal drugs while 6,292 barangays are still subject to clearing operations.
As of August 31, the illegal drugs seized during the current administration were placed at P47.94 billion and the arrested suspects in 81,679 operations stood at 110,814, including 7,050 high-value targets.
Operatives of the PNP Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) arrested three drug peddlers in Barangay San Martin de Porres in Quezon City last Friday, PDEG reported yesterday.
PDEG did not identify the suspects who are said to be “high-value individuals” in the war against illegal drugs. Two suspects are males, aged 44 and 41, while the third is a 40-year-old female.
Seized from the suspects, described to be a 41-year-old male and a 40-year-old female, were 10 heat-sealed plastic sachets containing 500 grams of shabu worth P3.4 million.
PDEG director Brig. Gen. Eleazar Matta said the successful operation “demonstrates our persistent efforts to protect the community from the dangers of illegal drugs.”
“Our work is creating a meaningful difference in the safety and health of our neighborhoods. We want to assure the community that these arrested suspects will be held accountable for their actions as mandated by law,” said Matta.
Police seized P111,996 worth of suspected dangerous drugs and arrested a woman in a buy-bust operation in Pasig City before dawn last Saturday.
Col. Hendrix Mangaldan, local police chief, identified the suspect as alias Marimar, 28, a resident of Barangay Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City.
Seized from her were three sachets containing more or less 16.47 grams of suspected shabu. — With Christian Oineza
