(File photo) MANILA - Police officers have seized over PHP521 million worth of illegal drugs from Jan. 1 to Feb. 11, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. bared Monday. "Sustained interdiction operations are yielding positive results in the anti-illegal drugs campaign over the first five weeks of 2023 that resulted in the arrest of 8,183 drug offenders in 6,044 police operations and confiscation of illegal drugs worth PHP521.9-million from January 1 to February 11, 2023," Azurin told reporters in a press conference held in Camp Crame, Quezon City. In the same period, Azurin said a 17.15 percent decrease was noted in peace and order indicators, including a 22.33 percent decline in index crime, and a 22.50 percent decrease in the eight focus crimes. A total of 19,342 focus crimes were reported this year lower than 23,345 cases from Jan. 1 to Feb. 10, 2022. Focus or index crimes are considered serious crimes while non-index crimes are violations of local