P637.8-M illegal drugs sinunog ng PDEA

IPINAKIKITA sa media nina Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Undersecretary Arturo Cacdac, Jr.; Exe-cutive Director, Dangerous Drugs Board, Undersecretary Jose Marlowe Pedregosa, at Congressman Jeffrey Ferrer ng 4th District Negros Occidental, ang pagsunog sa P637.8 million illegal drugs, nakompiska sa buong bansa, sa Integrated Waste Management, Inc. (IWMI) sa Brgy. Aguado, Trece Martirez City, Cavite.  (RAMON ESTABAYA)

UMAABOT sa P637.8 milyon halaga ng mga nasabat na illegal drugs ang sinunog ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) sa Cavite kahapon ng umaga.

Ayon kay PDEA spokesperson Derreck Carreon, kabilang sa kanilang sinunog ang nasa 386.08 kilo ng iba’t ibang klase ng droga na binubuo ng methamphetamine hydrochloride o shabu, ephedrine, cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy, valium, oxycodone at mga expired na gamot.

Isinagawa ang pagsunog ng nasabing mga droga sa Integrated Waste Management Inc. (IWMI) sa Brgy. Aguado, Trece Martirez City, Cavite.

“These are part of the illegal drugs that were seized during operations conducted by PDEA combined with those turned over by other partner drug law enforcement agencies that are no longer needed as evidence in court,” ito ang pahayag ni PDEA director General Arturo Cacdac, Jr.

(BETH JULIAN)