The Philippine National Police (PNP) has arrested four suspected “high-value” drug traffickers and seized P26.58 million worth of illegal drugs in three operations during the weekend.
In a statement, the PNP said a joint buy-bust operation in Davao City bagged two suspects and confiscated 12 kilograms of marijuana with a street value of P1.44 million.
A separate buy-bust operation in Taguig City also netted two suspects and 150 grams of suspected shabu worth P1.02 million.
Meanwhile, Cordillera policemen conducted extensive anti-marijuana drive across multiple far-flung barangays in Benguet and Kalinga, resulting in the uprooting of more than 95,000 marijuana plants estimated value at P24.12 million.
“We are not only after the arrest of drug traffickers, but also in weeding out the source of illegal drugs,” PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said.
Nartatez said the seizure of millions of pesos worth of illegal drugs rmanifested their “firm resolve to enforce the law without fear or favor.”
“This is a sustained campaign to dismantle criminal networks and ensure public safety,” he stressed.
