SAN FERNANDO CITY, Dec. 3 -- The Ilocos Police Regional Office (PRO-1) has seized a total of PHP52.5 million worth of shabu and marijuana in its 131 anti-illegal drugs operations in November this year.

In an interview on Wednesday, PRO-1 director Brig. Gen. Dindo Reyes said the operations led to the confiscation of 1,177 grams of shabu and 238 grams of dried marijuana with a combined standard price of PHP8 million, and the arrest of 135 suspects.

He said operations are also conducted against marijuana cultivation and resulted in the uprooting of a total of 222,100 pieces of marijuana plants and 3,750 marijuana seedlings.

"These efforts yielded an estimated standard drug price of PHP44.5 million, disrupting the supply chain and cultivat...