By Ruel Francisco December 7, 2020 PDEA (Photo from PDEA Cares FB Page) TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite – More than P7.51B worth of assorted ill...
December 7, 2020
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| PDEA (Photo from PDEA Cares FB Page) |
TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite – More than P7.51B worth of assorted illegal drugs, chemicals and equipment seized from anti-illegal drug operations of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) were destroyed late afternoon of Dec 3 at the Integrated Waste Management, Inc. in Barangay Aguado.
President Rodrigo Duterte led the ceremonial destruction with the assistance of PDEA Director General Wilkins M. Villanueva and Senator Bong Go and witnessed by guest officials of different government agencies, NGOs, Mayor Gemma Lubigan of Trece Martires City, and media partners.
The President acknowledged the commitment of the law enforcement agencies and the operatives to rid the streets of illegal drugs and keep the families from the dangers brought by drug abuse.
According to Villanueva, thru PDEA’s Barangay Drug Clearing Program as of October 31, 2020 a total of 20,535 barangays were already cleared and about 14,300 barangays are left to be cleared.
He added the activity was made in compliance with the requirements of the law on the custody and disposition of seized dangerous drugs, chemicals and laboratory equipment and more importantly, in response to the President’s directive to immediately destroy all shabu evidence, residual or otherwise, to avoid recycling.
This is the second time PDEA responded to the President’s call to destroy drug evidence.
On October 15, 2020, a total of P6.2B worth of seized drugs were burned in the facility and on August 21, 2020, about P13.36B worth of dangerous drugs were also incinerated, making it the largest in terms of volume and value in the country’s history of drug law enforcement.
DG Villanueva committed to do the activity (destruction) on a monthly basis until the Zero-drug inventory is reached. (Ruel Francisco, PIA-Cavite)
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