Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 20) — Authorities destroyed illegal drugs worth billions of pesos in Cavite on Thursday, including ₱5 billion worth of shabu and ₱20 million worth of marijuana.
In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said the narcotics were destroyed via thermal decomposition or thermolysis at the Integrated Waste Management, Inc. (IWMI) facility in Barangay Aguado, Trece Martires City.
Broken down, the PDEA listed the destroyed drugs as follows:
– 779,521.75 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu worth ₱5,300,747,915.50
– 174,012.29 grams of marijuana worth ₱20,881,475.00
– 3,150.25 grams of cocaine worth ₱16,696,300.09
– 9,294.77 grams of MDMA or ecstasy worth ₱15,801,111.21
– 1,318.90 grams of MDMA+meth worth ₱1,811,520.00
– 185.74 grams of cocaine+MDMA worth ₱650,090.00
– 2,390.54 grams of amphetamine worth ₱5,737,296
– 10,405.03 grams of diazepam worth ₱403,194.84
– 12.86 grams of ephedrine worth ₱4,445.80
– 6,100.33 grams of nitrazepam worth ₱129,631.95
– 30 grams of toluene worth ₱3,166.80
– 618.14 grams of zolpidem worth ₱43,269.80
– 62 grams of meth+acetone
– 1,878.81 grams of clonazepam
– 0.40 grams of methylephedrine
– 1.10 grams of GHB
– 1,013.13 grams of sodium hydroxide
– 68,900 grams of surrendered expired medicines
– 90,755.00 milliliters of acetic anhydride
– 1,876.90 milliliters of liquid marijuana.
The PDEA said the prosecution and disposition of drug cases have allowed them to dispose of the drugs which were no longer needed as evidence in court.
