OFFICIALS of the Department of Justice witnessed the destruction yesterday of 22 kilos of shabu and drug manufacturing equipment seized in a 2016 anti-drug.
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(File photo) TACLOBAN CITY - At least 2,707 villages in Eastern Visayas have been cleared of illegal drugs as of June, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) reported on Monday. The number represents 99.44 percent of 2,722 villages, PDEA Eastern Visayas Regional Director Edgar Jubay said during the flag-raising ceremony at the police regional office headquarters in Palo, Leyte. "Even if the majority of drug-affected communities are now cleared, let us not be complacent and let us be inspired to do more. Whatever the program, the new leaders will bring us, we are the force in the field to rid this menace from society," Jubay told police officers. Jubay said they would continue to monitor the villages to ensure sustainability of the anti-drugs campaign. He said it does not mean that once an area is certified as drug-cleared, there will be no more illegal trade. Jubay asked village officials to step up monitoring with the help of watchmen and volunteers. "The bigger
TACLOBAN CITY – Anti-narcotics units from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a couple that ran a drug den, and three other drug suspects during a raid on Sunday (May 22) in Barangay 103, Palanog this city. The raiders also found 12 grams of suspected shabu worth P81,000. PDEA Region 8
TACLOBAN CITY - The president of the Association of Barangay Chair (ABC) of Matalom, Leyte, and his cohort yielded an estimated 100 grams of suspected shabu worth P680,000 during a buy-bust operation Tuesday at the Baywalk area, in Brgy. Kalanggaman, Bato, Leyte.
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