In the three years since President Rodrigo Duterte launched his controversial war on drugs, more than 5,500 were killed and over 200,000 were arrested, according to data from the PDEA.
Some 2,799 minors were also rescued and turned over to local social welfare offices.
The PDEA also seized P40.39 billion worth of illegal drugs, including P31.25 billion worth of “shabu” , and dismantled 419 drug dens nationwide in the past three years.The Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs also cleared 16,706 barangays of drugs and are working on clearing another 17,175.Other groups, however, estimate that a higher number of individuals had been killed in the war on drugs.
Rights groups have put the death toll at more than 20,000, including the deaths under investigation that the police excluded from the count. “It’s hard for me to dictate because she’s the Vice President and I’m only an undersecretary,” he said.
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