The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) destroyed 99.9 million worth of dangerous drugs through thermal destruction on Monday, May 30, in Cebu City. Thermal destruction or thermolysis is a method of decomposition or breaking down of chemicals by heat. At 1,000 degrees centigrade, all dangerou
DRUG DESTRUCTION. Lapu-Lapu City Executive Judge Joseph Stephen Ygnacio (left) witnesses the destruction of PHP62.3-million worth of illegal drugs led by PDEA-7 regional director Levi Ortiz (center). Destroyed during the activity on Thursday (Oct. 14, 2021) were more than eight kilograms of shabu, over 177 grams of marijuana and more than 20 milliliters of nubain. (Photo courtesy of PDEA-7) CEBU CITY - The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 7 (Central Visayas) on Thursday destroyed PHP62.3-million worth of dangerous drugs using a thermal facility of a private funeral parlor here. Levi Ortiz, PDEA-7 regional director, led other law enforcement agencies in throwing more than eight kilograms of shabu, more than 177 grams of marijuana, and more than 20 milliliters of nubain into the crematory chamber of the Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes in this city's downtown district. Ortiz said this is the third destruction of illegal drugs this year, the first being in March and the seco