Anti-drug raids to continue with over 24k 'drug personalities' arrested under Marcos — DILG

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FILE - An alleged drug dealer is handcuffed after a drug buy bust operation conducted by policemen where they caught this 18 year old boy selling marijuana in Manila on May 12, 2018. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs has left nearly 4,000 drug suspects dead and seen human rights groups claim he was responsible for a crime against humanity. The anti-drugs campaign enjoys popular support while the fiery-tongued Duterte has rejected any criticism of his human rights record.

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MANILA, Philippines — After it spent much of the campaign season building support for its "recalibrated" anti-drug program, the Department of the Interior and Local Government changed tune Tuesday.

 

The government agency said that anti-illegal drug operations and arrest of drug offenders from law enforcement personnel "will continue with the same fervor" even under the supposedly "new multi-sectoral flagship program."

 

In a statement sent to reporters, DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. said that the country’s anti-illegal drugs drive has been "gaining ground" after recording some 24,159 drug personalities who have been arrested from July 1 to November 24 alone. He did not mention the nearly 50 drug suspects killed in operations claimed by the Philippine National Police leadership earlier this month. 

 

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