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ILLEGAL DRUGS BURNED. Personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Western Visayas place the seized illegal drugs for destruction in the crematorium machine of the Acropolis Gardens in Bacolod City on Friday afternoon (June 24, 2022). Almost PHP96 million worth of drugs used as evidence before the courts in the cities of Bacolod, San Carlos City, and Iloilo were destroyed.(PNA photo by Nanette L. Guadalquiver) BACOLOD CITY - Personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Western Visayas (PDEA-6) destroyed almost PHP96 million worth of seized illegal drugs in the crematorium machine of the Acropolis Gardens in Bacolod City on Friday afternoon. The destruction covered 11.723 kilos of shabu worth PHP93.788 million and 12.431 kilos of marijuana valued at PHP1.76 million. "So far, this is the biggest volume that we have destroyed in one setting," said PDEA-6 Regional Director Alex Tablate. The destroyed dangerous drugs were presented as evidence in various cases fil