Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 21) — Over ₱22.7 million worth of shabu was seized by authorities from June 15 to June 20, according to the Philippine National Police.
The week-long anti-drug operations have resulted in the arrest of 50 suspects, including a high value target 18-year-old who was caught in possession of around ₱11.6 million worth of the illegal drug in Bacolod City.
“The PNP’s intensified operations vs illegal drugs have produced unprecedented victories despite the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic,” PNP Chief Archie Gamboa said, as he commended the police’s sustained operations against illegal drug trade amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two more individuals were likewise nabbed in Caloocan City for carrying over ₱1.3 million worth of shabu, while another estimated ₱1.3 million was confiscated during a buy-bust operation in Tacloban City.
In the municipality of Tinglayan in Kalinga province, police operatives uprooted and burned on site around 13,500 full-grown marijuana plants with an estimated value of ₱2.8 million. The PNP said the plants were cultivated on a 1,100 square-meter land area by still unidentified suspects.
Meanwhile, a 60-year-old American national was also arrested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency for possessing seven sachets of marijuana leaves in Maydolong, Eastern Samar.
“The PNP will be relentless in our pursuit of criminals behind illegal drugs,” Gamboa warned anew. “We will go after high value targets as well as backyard operations that prey on the youth.”
