Police chief Director General Oscar Albayalde expects the number of antidrug operations, arrests and deaths to rise further as he stressed that the fight against illegal drugs was far from over. Albayalde said the figures on the anti-illegal drug campaign would “definitely” go up as illegal narcotics remained a serious problem in the country. “Itong mga numbers na ito will go up definitely kasi malaki pa rin ang problema natin sa illegal drugs. ADVERTISEMENT(These numbers will go up definitely because we still have a huge problem on illegal drugs.) In the same period, authorities seized P20.23-billion worth of illegal drugs, controlled precursors and essential chemicals, and drug-manufacturing equipment.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 07, 2018 05:48 UTC