The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) will deploy 110 of its fresh graduates to monitor 13 major seaports and 1,200 seaports nationwide, the agency reported in a statement on Thursday. “This is a big boost to our intensified anti-drug campaign, particularly in our seaports where the bulk of illegal drugs is smuggled,” Aquino noted. Aquino said the partnership between PDEA and Marina is a big boost to curb the incidence of smuggling of illegal drugs into seaports nationwide. On December 12, 126 fresh graduates of Drug Enforcement Officers’ Basic Course of PDEA Academy were conferred with badges during graduation rites at Camp Castañeda in Silang, Cavite. “The PDEA remains the lead but the PNP will again participate in the anti-illegal drug operations,” he said.

Source: Manila Times December 14, 2017 12:11 UTC