For the past five years, the government’s all-out war on illegal drugs has also resulted in the dismantling of 853 drug dens and shabu laboratories from June 2016 to July 2021.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Sunday said 835 are drug dens and 18 are clandestine shabu laboratories while various types of illegal drugs worth P62.22 billion were seized
The amount included 8,134.61 kilos of shabu with an estimated street value of P51.33 billion. from June 2016 to July 2021.
A total of 12,849 high-value targets across the country were likewise arrested from July 1, 2016 to July 31, 2021.
The figure included 5,443 HVTs arrested from high impact operations, 3,634 target-listed suspects, 1,291 drug den maintainers, 784 drug group leaders/members, 494 government employees, 388 elected officials, 319 foreigners, 283 included on wanted lists, 119 uniformed personnel, 72 armed group members, and 22 prominent personalities.
Authorities also arrested 303,154 individuals involved in other illegal drug activities.