CEBU CITY, Philippines — The drug haul of seaport and airport interdiction teams, which were composed of members of different law enforcement agencies, made up the bulk of the P176 million worth
Leia Alcantara, PDEA-7 information officer, said that more than half of the P176 million drug haul from that period came from the P120 million worth of illegal drugs confiscated from a foreigner at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport last Feb. 1.
She also said that the interdiction teams included operatives of PDEA-7, local police and the National Bureau of Investigation in the region. She said that the PDEA-7 and the police in the region conducted 27 operations from Jan. 1 to Jan. 17 and including the illegal drugs confiscated at the airport, the drug haul for this period amounted to P176 million or 26 kilos of suspected shabu.She also said that they also arrested 57 drug personalities in these operations and she described these people as new players in the illegal drug trade here.
She also said that this development would also mean that there was still a demand for illegal drugs here, which meant that there were still drug users here.
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