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NCRPO confiscates P39.6-M in drugs after 'one time, big time' stings

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Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Drugs Enforcement Unit seized illegal drugs worth of P173.4 million during a buy-bust operation along Roosevelt Avenue in Quezon City on August 24, 2022.

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MANILA, Philippines — A fifth of barangays in the Philippines are still listed by the government as being "drug-affected," the Department of the Interior and Local Government disclosed Tuesday. 

 

This comes after districts of the National Capital Region Police Office confiscated P39.6-million worth of illegal drugs and arrested 516 suspects from December 5 to 9.

 

In a press conference at the rollout of the BIDA Program at the NCRPO headquarters in Taguig, Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos said 8,977 or 21.35% barangays are still drug affected in the country with 329 being classified as seriously affected; 6,623 as moderately affected and 2,635 as slightly affected.

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/12/13/2230578/ncrpo-confiscates-p396-m-drugs-after-one-time-big-time-stings

 

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