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MANILA – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar on Thursday acknowledged that the anti-illegal drug campaign is one of the main achievements of the Duterte Administration.
Eleazar's statement came following Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque’s assessment that the anti-illegal drugs campaign is among the administration's achievements.
"Out of 42,045 barangays, 21,891 barangays have been cleared. Ngayon lang nangyari ito sa kapanahunan ng Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte (This only happened during the term of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte)," Eleazar said.
Latest government data also showed that during 200,632 anti-illegal drug operations by the different law enforcement agencies since 2016, a total of 289,622 suspects were arrested while 6,117 suspects were killed.
The total value of illegal drugs and laboratory equipment confiscated in these anti-illegal drug operations was placed at PHP59.14 billion.
Eleazar vowed that the PNP would remain relentless in its anti-illegal drug operations and in its drive to put a stop to the illegal drug trade.
Last week, the PNP and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) destroyed over PHP1.2 billion worth of dangerous drugs in Trece Martires City, Cavite.
Last year, the Supreme Court (SC) directed all regional trial courts (RTCs) handling illegal drug cases to expedite their inspection and order the immediate destruction of seized illegal drugs used as pieces of evidence. (PNA)
